Hive Social, the app touted as an alternative to Instagram and Twitter, has completely shut down its servers to address security issues.
On November 22, Hive hit one million users after a dramatic rise in sign-ups — with the three-year-old social media app gaining 250,000 new users in one night.
However, the app — which is currently only run by its founder and two others — has struggled to handle the recent surge in interest. On Wednesday, Hive Social announced that it was completely shutting down its servers in response to concerns raised by security researchers who discovered many critical vulnerabilities on Hive, several of which they say remain unfixed.reports that Hive discovered issues on the app that would allow attackers access to all data, including private posts and messages, shared media and even deleted direct messages, as well as the ability to edit other people’s Hive posts.
According to Hive, the shutdown is temporary, and “fixing these issues will require temporarily turning off our servers for a couple of days.”issued a statement, warning people not to use Hive.We found multiple critical security vulnerabilities in the App, leaking private messages, posts, images and user data like phone numbers, emails and birthdates.
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