Glovo users in Argentina denounce fees for orders they have not made

The delivery application Glovo it's back in the controversy. This time it is not because of the conditions of the deliverymen, but because of a security problem that has affected dozens of customers.

Users in Argentina and other cities around the world were surprised this weekend when several unknown purchases made since Egypt appeared on their account.

After entering their profile, many realized that they had changed their user name, the contact's phone number and the delivery address.

"Today & # 39; hui hacked my account from @Glovo_ar They placed two orders in Egypt and, since the notifications were activated, I was able to cancel it instantly. They changed the cell phone number to order, "said @Danilandia on his Twitter account.

"I specify that my pbadword was safe (alphanumeric with special characters and not" deductible ") and that I was not a victim of phishing, so I imagine that the people of Glovo have had to suffer a security problem, "said the tweeter.

Another young man in Spain said that after ordering hamburgers for the application, he had discovered that he had been loaded onto his card. 11 orders from Cairo.

In the statements on the site hypertext, from Glovo, admitted to being aware of the situation, but explained that, although an investigation is ongoing on the situation, "the information of the cards of its users have never been compromised".

Three months ago, Glovo was the victim of an attack on its computer systems, but according to the company, hackers have not been able to obtain data from its users.