"Hacking Grows at Messaging App Line"
Quoting from the site wsj.com Posted by:Dr Ahmed.M.Shaban The Line messaging app, shown here in a February demonstration, is becoming a hacker target. Bloomberg News Hackers are targeting users of the mobile-phone messaging application Line, according to the company and Japanese police. Tokyo-based Line Corp. said that in late May it received a report of a hacking case for the first time since introducing the app in June 2011. The popular app , which enables users to make free voice calls and send free messages, has more than 480 million registered users, the company says. By mid-June, the number of reported cases rose past 300, a Line spokeswoman said. In a typical scam, hackers pretend to be the owner of the account and ask friends to buy prepaid cards on their behalf. Police in Tokyo and Osaka have issued warnings to users , telling them to keep their usernames and passwords secret. Police in Osaka said 23 reports of hacking have been f...