--- title: Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks... description: The Vatican's official prayer app has exposed the personal information of over 700,000 users in a data leak. The incident highlights security and privacy... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pope-s-official-prayer-app-commits-cardinal-sin-leaks-700k-users-info-jbwqrkqej twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info | daily.dev og:description: The Vatican's official prayer app has exposed the personal information of over 700,000 users in a data leak. The incident highlights security and privacy... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pope-s-official-prayer-app-commits-cardinal-sin-leaks-700k-users-info-jbwqrkqej og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JbwQrkqeJ.png og:image:alt: Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Pope's official prayer app commits cardinal sin, leaks 700K+ users' info **[The Register](https://daily.dev/sources/theregister)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Vatican's official prayer app has exposed the personal information of over 700,000 users in a data leak. 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