The Norwegian public broadcaster NRK last week had reported about an apparent data breach related to Nokia 7 Plus units. According to Reuters, parent company HMD Global had "admitted that an unspecified number of Nokia 7 Plus phones had sent data to the Chinese server." HMD Global has now released an official statement to explain as to what caused the error.

“We have analysed the case at hand and have found that our device activation client meant for our China variant was mistakenly included in the software package of a single batch of Nokia 7 Plus phones. Due to this mistake, these devices were erroneously trying to send device activation data to a third party server,” said the company in an official statement.

NRK in its report claimed that it came to know about the “data breach” issue after a Nokia 7 Plus user contacted them to say his phone often contacted a particular server, sending data packages in an unencrypted format.

As far as privacy risks are concerned, HMD Global has confirmed that “no personally identifiable information has been shared with any third party.” The company also said that it has already release a security fix for the Nokia 7 Plus units. To check for the software update, go to Settings > System > About Phone > Scroll down to “Build Number”. If your phone shows “00WW_3_39B_SP03” or “00WW_3_22C_SP05” as the “Build number”, you have already installed the fix on your Nokia 7 Plus. If your phone is not showing either of the above, you will have to “check for update”

HMD Global further dismissed reports that claimed that other Nokia handsets were also sharing similar data with third-party servers. “We can confirm that this is incorrect speculation and no Nokia phones are impacted. All device data of Nokia Phones other than the China variant is stored at HMD Global’s servers in Singapore provided by Amazon Web Services,” said the company.

Source: gadgetsnow.com