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EU’s official age verification app found exposing sensitive user data

📅 28 April 2026 at 09:34 UTC📰 Cyber InsiderView original source ↗
EU’s official age verification app found exposing sensitive user data

The European Commission has unveiled its official age-verification app, presenting it as a privacy-preserving, open-source solution to protect minors online. Within hours of its release, however, security researchers reported critical flaws that could expose biometric data and allow users to bypass verification entirely. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced the app on April … The post EU’s official age verification app found exposing sensitive user data appeared first on CyberInsider.

🤖 AI BriefingAuto-generated threat analysis
🔍Threat Overview

The European Commission's age verification app was found to have critical flaws that exposed sensitive user data, compromising the intended privacy-preserving purpose of the app.

⚙️Technical Details
💥Impact Assessment
Severity: Unknown
🛡️Recommended Actions
1Users should immediately uninstall the app until the vulnerabilities are patched
2European Commission should prioritize fixing the critical flaws in the app as soon as possible
3Developers of similar apps should review their own age verification processes to prevent similar exposure
📦Affected Products
["European Commission's official age-verification app"]

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