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Analytics Firm Admits It Collected Password Data by Accident

  • February 6, 2018
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February 6th, 2018 By Catalin Cimpanu
 
Mixpanel, a web and mobile analytics provider, has notified customers last week via email that it accidentally collected data entered in password fields due to a bug introduced in its SDK.
 
The event came to light last month, on January 5, when a customer reported the issue to the Mixpanel developers.
 
The company investigated and confirmed that Mixpanel Autotrack, one of its analytics products, was collecting data entered inside hidden fields and password inputs.
 
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