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Tracker firm Hapn spilling names of thousands of GPS tracking customers | TechCrunch

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Hapn is exposing the names of thousands of its customers due to a website bug, TechCrunch has learned.

The exposed data contains information on more than 8,600 GPS trackers, including the IMEI numbers for the SIM cards in each tracker, which uniquely identify each device.

The bug allows anyone to view the exposed data using the developer tools in their web browser.

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