Archive · 27 Sep 2025
Neon App Shut Down After Security Breach
Neon was an app that paid people to record their phone calls.
However, a security issue let people see other users' private calls.
The app gathered phone numbers, audio recordings, and transcripts.
After being alerted, the app creator took the app offline to fix the problem.
The app only recorded the caller's side of the conversation which may still violate privacy laws.
The company did not share if it had security checks before launch.
Neon offered payments for call recordings to train AI models.
The app was downloaded over 75,000 times shortly after launch.
A security flaw exposed user phone numbers, audio, and transcripts.
The vulnerability was discovered on September 25.
The founder shut down servers to address the data breach.
- Who
- Neon users, Alex Kiam, TechCrunch
- What
- Neon app shut down due to a security breach exposing user data.
- When
- Discovered on September 25, launched last week.
- Where
- iOS App Store
- Why
- A security flaw allowed access to user call data, prompting a shutdown.
- App Name
- Neon
- Founder
- Alex Kiam
- Purpose
- Pay users to record calls for AI training
- Daily Earning Potential
- $30
- Data Exposed
- Phone numbers, audio recordings, and transcripts
- Vulnerability Discovery
- September 25
- Response
- Servers shut down
- Downloads
- 75,000+