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Applebee's app left a database password exposed
A researcher found a hardcoded password in the app that left customer names, emails and phone numbers open to anyone.
- Organisation
- Applebee's
- Disclosed
- 30 October 2026
- Affected
- Not stated
- Data
- Names, emails, phone numbers, DOB
- Attacker
- Unknown
- Severity
- major
- Region
- Global
- Source
- TechCrunch ↗
Cite this
Nuffield Consulting, “Applebee's app left a database password exposed”, The Daily Tech Wire outage & breach log, 30 Oct 2026. https://techwire.nuffieldconsulting.com/incidents/2026-10-30-applebee-s-breach/ (retrieved 15 Nov 2026).
This entry summarises public reporting. Please also cite the original source: TechCrunch, https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/30/applebees-exposed-customers-personal-data-after-leaving-database-password-in-app/.
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