Brussels launched an age checking app. It took 2 minutes to hack it.

The European Commission unveiled an open-source mobile age-verification app intended to help enforce online age bans, but cybersecurity and privacy experts quickly found several privacy and security issues in the publicly posted GitHub source code, prompting concern about the tool's readiness and data protections; the report cites media coverage (Politico) and expert reviews but does not describe active exploitation or detailed technical indicators.