Beware, Your Tinder Account Can Be Hacked With Just A Phone Number

Quick Take

Well, honestly speaking, no one talked about hacking Tinder accounts up until now. I mean, is it even possible? It's true that every technology has its own glitches. However, who'd ever want to hack into someone else's Tinder account?

Unfortunately, it is possible to hack according to this Indian. Anand Prakash, a computer programmer, found out that he was able to hack anyone's Tinder account with just a phone number.

Yup, you absolutely heard that right.

According to his findings, one can easily log into, "within seconds" users Tinder accounts if you knew the mobile phone number they used to open the Tinder app via the Facebook’s Account Kit.

And once the hackers gain access to your Tinder account, there is no stopping them from getting all your truck-load of information, which you wouldn't have wanted anyone to see.

Apparently, this default has been fixed for Prakash just received $5,000 (Rs. 3.5 lakh approx. ) reward from Facebook and $1,250 (Rs. 81k, approx.) bounty from Tinder.

And as for Prakash, the 'Ethical Hacker', he has been on a hunt to find loopholes in major tech companies like Facebook, Google etc. He's been fortunate enough to get rewards too. What a life!