Samsung very quickly patched very dangerous loophole that allowed access to sensitive user data S4 Galaxy smartphone and tablet Galaxy Tab 3

Engaged to testing of mobile devices and software company Digital mediatest discovered that using the same WiFi network as the Galaxy S4 smartphone and tablet Galaxy Tab 3 can easily get sensitive user data associated with the Samsung account name, password and e-mail. Given what we know about the activities of the National Security Agency (NSA) case, it seems really very serious.

mediatest informed about detected threats German news agency Heise Security, which confirmed the problem and has indicated its existence to Samsung. As it turned out, the Korean manufacturer has treated the matter very seriously, because after five days, said publicly that the said security flaw has been removed. Unfortunately, did not give any details at this so it is not clear whether the threat is sometimes not related to any other mobile gadgets.

Members Galaxy S4 and tablet Galaxy Tab 3 should remember to change your password for your Samsung account. They should not, however, to do this via a smartphone / tablet.