Mr Nazarovas said the discovery of unprotected sensitive material comes with a significant risk for the platforms' users. Malicious hackers could have found the images and extorted individuals. There is also a risk to those who live in countries hostile to LGBT people. None of the text content of private messages was found to be stored in this way and the images are not labelled with user names or real names, which would make crafting targeted attacks at users more complex. In an email M.A.D Mobile said it was grateful to the researcher for uncovering the vulnerability in the apps to prevent a data breach from occurring.