Pakistan uses an Android APP named SmeshApp to collect Indian Military Intelligence

Pakistan uses an Android APP named SmeshApp to collect Indian Military Intelligence

India television CNN-IBN reported that a recent discovery of Pakistan is using a SmeshApp Android APP to collect Indian military intelligence.
Google removes SmeshApp
According to the internal news received by the TV station, according to its investigation, the Pakistani military's misi is the actual owner of an IM instant messaging APP named SmeshApp, the IM software was previously available in Google's Play Store. It is reported that the APP has downloaded and installed up to 1000 times in a long period of time. India TV CNN-IBN for the incident reported URL please CLICK: SmeshApp removed by Google.
Since then, the survey said the APP has rapidly become popular in the Indian army through social media promotion and download guidance.
As mentioned in the Report, SmeshApp collects user-related information, such as geographical location, photos, emails, text messages, and call records, and then sends it to a server located in Germany, the server is actually owned by a person living in Karachi, Pakistan. When a user installs the APP, the APP reads the user's address book from the mobile phone device, and then sends a large number of emails containing the download link of the APP to all contacts in the address book, at this time, the Indian military gradually noticed this abnormal phenomenon. Some user interfaces of the APP are as follows,

At the same time, the report said that Indian officials worried that Pakistan's intelligence agencies or Pakistani terrorist organizations could use the collected information to analyze the vulnerabilities in the border defense system, and then through other terrorist organizations in India, he and I should sneak into India to plot terrorist attacks against India.
The Indian military said it had issued an alarm to military personnel in January.
As early as March of this year, the Indian military issued an alarm on the installation of three IM chat apps, WeChat, SmeshApp, and Line. According to the analysis, this is the concern of the Indian military that military personnel will collect too much sensitive information when installing the above app, which is detrimental to their defense.
In February January this year, after a terrorist attack at the Indian Air Force (IAF) aptankote base, the Indian army found that the terrorists involved in the attack came from Pakistan, prior to the launch of the attack, the Indian side began to mobilize more troops to defend against the border, and intended to strengthen its defense capabilities.
After CNN-IBN reports, Google also began to intervene in the investigation and subsequently removed the SmeshApp from its official Play Store.
Of course, if Pakistan's intelligence bureau is eager to collect information from Indian officials, you can change the app name and upload it to Google's Play Store again. According to the report, the printer has reminded relevant personnel to avoid installing unknown apps. Instead, it is recommended to install apps that are officially considered more reliable, such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, or other applications.