Breaking TikTok rival Mitron app is not India!

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Irfan Sheikh, the founder and CEO of Pakistani software firm Qboxus told News18 that Mitron’s promoter had purchased the source code from them for $34 ( ₹2,600 approx). Qboxus are the guys behind apps like TikTik (listed at TicTic on APKPure and CodeCanyon) that’s another TikTok clone.

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The on Wednesday issued an advisory and asked people to uninstall the , the much-touted desi version of TikTok.

The cyber cell said that the app installed by more than 5 million users has a major security vulnerability that lets threat actors exploit users' accounts by easily bypassing accounts.

Meanwhile, Mitron has now been pulled down by Google from its Play Store for allegedly violating its spam and minimum functionality policy.

Mitron is not an Indian product, rather it is actually a repackaged version of the Tic Tic app created by a Pakistani software development company Qboxus.

Mitron app suspended from Google Play Store; Maharashtra cyber cell urges users to uninstall over worries of information, data risk