WASHINGTON (AP) – The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has updated its mobile app after an independent review found security flaws that could have allowed hackers to access personal data from users.
The computer-security firm Veracode performed security audits of the “Cruz Crew” app and those released by other 2016 presidential contenders at the request of The Associated Press.
AP reported last month that the “Cruz Crew” app is designed to gather detailed information from users’ phones. That information and more is then fed into a vast database containing intimate details about nearly every adult in the United States to build psychological profiles that target individual.
The campaign said users voluntarily share their personal data, and how that information is collected and shared is detailed in legal disclosures available online.