A government app used by South Korea to monitor at-home quarantines was found to contain a serious security flaw. Software engineer, Frédéric Rechtenstein, who lives in Seoul, came across the flaws after using the app during his own isolation period. The app also used an insecure from of encryption that with a code written directly into the app. A new update has reportedly rectified the security flaws in the app, which has 162,000 downloads, and government officials have since apologized for the security lapse. 'We could not afford a time-consuming security check on the app that would delay its deployment.'

Source: Daily Mail July 21, 2020 18:10 UTC