Edison Mail security vulnerability exposed accounts to other people

[Chris Smith]

• Some Edison Mail users discovered over the weekend that they were able to access the emails of strangers inside the app.
• The company explained that a software bug was responsible for the unauthorized access, not a security breach.
• Edison Mail fixed the issue, and prompted 6,480 impacted users to reset their passwords.
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Some Edison Mail users discovered over the weekend that they could access accounts belonging to other customers, which appeared directly inside the Edison Email client on iOS. Many took to social media to signal the security vulnerability that allowed them to access strangers’ emails, and the company was quick to respond. Edison Mail was quick to issue fixes, explaining that it’s only a limited number of users who have been impacted by the security glitch, and only people on iOS experienced it. This is a major security and privacy breach, one that Edison Mail didn’t explain in full.

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