Applebee’s has fixed a security flaw that allowed anyone to access the personal information of its registered customers, after a researcher found a password for an internal database inside Applebee’s mobile app, TechCrunch has learned. The popular restaurant chain confirmed on Thursday that it had taken action to address the security issue to prevent any unauthorized access to its customer database. TechCrunch withheld publication of this story until the bug was confirmed to be fixe…
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