The breach earned derision from both the hacker and observers after another hacker exploited the company’s vulnerable setup.
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Sensitive plastic surgery images exposed online
Researchers at VPN advisory company vpnMentor have found yet another online data exposure caused by a misconfigured cloud database.
UN hacked via unpatched SharePoint server
UN staffers: the “entire domain” was probably compromised by an attacker who was lurking on the UN’s networks.
Trello exposed! Search turns up huge trove of private data
A surprising number of users seem to be setting Trello boards, and their often highly sensitive content, to ‘public’.
Regus spills data of 900 staff on Trello board set to ‘public’
Another company has ended up accidentally spilling sensitive data from business collaboration tool Trello.
IoT vendor Orvibo gives away treasure trove of user and device data
Researchers at web privacy review service vpnMentor discovered the data in an exposed ElasticSearch server online. It contains two billion items of log data from devices sold by Shenzen, China-based smart IoT device manufacturer Orvibo.
“Deeply personal medical” records exposed online
The Facebook ad agency xSocialMedia exposed 150K medical histories, along with identifying information for the people involved.
Thousands of API and cryptographic keys leaking on GitHub every day
Researchers have found that one of the most popular source code repositories in the world is still housing thousands of publicly accessible user credentials.
Thieves’ names and descriptions made public on B&Q database
DIY giant B&Q reportedly suffered an Elasticsearch database breach this week that gave up information on around 70,000 shoplifters.
100 million online bets exposed by leaky database
Online gamblers lose their private data as yet another unsecured Elasticsearch database is discovered.