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WhiteHat Jr Bug Had Exposed Personal Data of 2.8 Lakh Students

Online coding platform for children WhiteHat Jr was found to have left personal data of students and teachers exposed till mid-November through multiple vulnerabilities (till these were fixed by the company).

According to responsible disclosures made by an independent security researcher to WhiteHat Jr, the Byju’s-owned company had left its backend server open that allowed access to a variety of plaintext data, including student names, age, gender, images, user IDs, parents name, and progress reports to outsiders.