This Android bug allowed hackers to spy on you over five years

A high severity bug reportedly went undetected and had been infecting Android devices since 2013.

As Wired reports, the bug, discovered by mobile security researcher Sergey Toshin, could have allowed hackers to gain access to user accounts and spy on them.

The bug originated in Chromium, Google’s open-source project that underlies Chrome and other browsers. As a result, this put to risk mobile Chrome users as well as users of other browsers built on Chromium.

Hackers could use WebView, Chromium’s feature to gain user data and gain wider device access.