Genius, French Postal Service App, Exposes 23 Million Records
Genius, an Android app-based cash register built by French postal service La Poste, leaked more than 23 million records.
Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team, found the database belonging to Genius, which integrates many different processes to help small business owners. According to the vpnMentor report, La Poste is the main postal service in France, majority-owned by the French government, and also operating in overseas territories traditionally linked with the country. It’s the second-largest employer in France. Their operations include insurance, banking, webmail hosting and many more services for private citizens.