According to the IT collective that discovered the security vulnerability, all customer data from the Berlin-based start-up Gorillas was accessible. The gap has been closed and customers and authorities have been informed, Gorillas reports.

At Gorillas, more than one million order data of more than 200,000 customers were visible in the meantime. The gap was uncovered by members of the IT collective "Zerforschung". They reported the security vulnerability to the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and contacted NDR and RBB. According to information provided to Tagesschau

, Gorillas reported the security vulnerability to the relevant authorities. It is mandatory to report to the BSI within 72 hours as a company when discovering such gaps, otherwise fines can be imposed.

Visible at Gorillas was apparently all the data. "That means name, phone number, email address and physical address. Where the order should go, what products you ordered," says a Zerforschungs member to the Tagesschau

. On Instagram, the Berlin-based startup writes that the data was "neither stolen nor otherwise misused" and "the security holes were closed within two hours of becoming known."

Gorillas isn't the first quick-delivery service to have a data leak discovered: Only in March came out by research of the RBB and the collective Zerforschung that at the Gorillas competitor Flink 3,700 user data were visible. Currently, Zerforschung also researched security gaps at the Hamburg-based start-up Bringoo, where 7,000 customers' data could be accessed.


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