'Beijing Olympics app vulnerable to data breaches'

The Beijing Winter Olympics app that all Games attendees must use contains security weaknesses that leave users exposed to data breaches, analysts warn.The My2022 app will be used by athletes, audience members and media for daily Covid monitoring, BBC reports.The app will also offer voice chats, file transfers and Olympic news.But cybersecurity group Citizen Lab says the app fails to provide encryption on many of its files.

The release of its report coincides with a rise in warnings about visitors' tech security ahead of the Games, which begin on 4 February.People attending the Beijing Olympics should bring burner phones and create email accounts for their time in China, various experts have advised.Several countries have also reportedly told athletes to leave their main devices at home before arriving in China.