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Exclusive: How One Line of Code Put Billions of Microsoft Android App Downloads at Risk
A simple development setting bypassed protections designed to prevent unauthorized Android apps from accessing Microsoft account tokens, exposing billions of installations.
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A vulnerability in Microsoft's Android app security has been identified, allowing unauthorized access to account tokens. This issue arose from a single line of code that bypassed protections designed to prevent malicious apps from accessing sensitive information.
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