F1 confirms app was hacked in ‘targeted attack’

Formula 1 has confirmed its mobile app was hacked on Saturday in a “targeted attack”.

The app sent out a random push notifications in the evening, which led to confusion on social media as it simply said “Foo”.

However a second message followed, which said: “Hmmmm, I should check my security.. :)”

F1 confirmed in a brief statement that its app was hacked, but doesn’t believe user data was accessed.

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“Our investigation confirms that this targeted attack was limited to the Push Notifications Service,” it said.

“We will continue to investigate, review and improve safety measures but, at this time, have no reason to believe that any customer data has been accessed during this incident.”