Truecaller ‘bug’ covertly signs up Indians for UPI account, company rolls out update

NEW DELHI: Truecaller, a mobile application with nearly 10 crore users in India, rolled out an update on Tuesday after their latest release covertly created Unified Payment Interface (UPI) IDs for an unspecified number of users. UPI is a real-time payment system that allows users to make financial transactions.
The breach was pointed out by various Twitter users online who raised concerns that the app was accessing their personal data and banking information. The bug had impacted Android users only.
Truecaller acknowledged the breach and issued a public statement through its Twitter handle. “We have discovered a bug in the latest update of Truecaller that affected the payments feature, which automatically triggered a registration post updating to the version. This was a bug and we have discontinued this version of the app so no other users will be affected. We’re sorry about this version not passing our quality standards,” the company said.