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F1 confirms 'targeted' app hack but no customer data concerns

Article To news overview © Pixabay Formula 1 has issued a short statement to acknowledge the official app hack that saw users sent unusual push notifications. A short message reading 'foo' was pushed out to users at around 8.10pm on Saturday evening, followed shortly by another saying ' Hmmmm, I should check my security.. :)' Formula 1 issued a statement on Sunday morning, saying: "Formula 1 became aware of an incident where the F1 App Push Notification Service had been compromised. "We immediately took actions to suspend and secure the service and review the security procedures in place." Moving to allay fears that customer data could have been harvested, F1 confirmed that...
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