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If you’re in India and using MatchpointGPS, you should probably read this…..

Posted on February 24, 2019June 25, 2025 by Dissent

Victor Gevers tweets:

Another great car tracking product with over 100,000 customers is having “technical issues”. If you live in India you might want to switch off the app or physical tracker in your vehicle until they have fixed an issue concerning your privacy. https://t.co/PLpJD9rz2O

— Victor Gevers (@0xDUDE) February 24, 2019

From GDI Foundation:

This is a warning for all MatchpointGPS users in India.
Do NOT use this app until further notice. This service is suffering a security issue. More information will follow soon after the issue is fixed.

Update:  On March 6, MatchpointGPS submitted a comment to this post indicating the issue had been resolved, as confirmed by Victor Gevers of GDI Foundation on February 25:

The issue with MatchPointGPS is now fixed and it is safe to use their services again https://t.co/tIvf9pHkpE

— GDI Foundation (@GDI_FDN) February 25, 2019

PogoWasRight.org is glad to hear that the firm responded to GDI so promptly and resolved the issue.  We are happy to update this  post, but as a matter of policy, this site and the companion site,  DataBreaches.net, generally do not remove articles that were accurate at the time of publication.   

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1 thought on “If you’re in India and using MatchpointGPS, you should probably read this…..”

  1. matchpoint GPS says:
    March 6, 2019 at 12:04 am

    Hi,

    We are glad to have provided adequate solution and happy to report that issue has been resolved.

    The same have been confirmed by GDI Foundation in the below mentioned tweet.

    Linkk: https://twitter.com/GDI_FDN/status/1100036493538721792

    Request you to delete the above post.

    Regards,
    Team matchpointGPS

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