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Configuration snafu exposes passwords for two million marijuana growers

Posted on November 4, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

GrowDiaries, an online community where marijuana growers can blog about their plants and interact with other farmers, has suffered a security breach in September this year.

The breach occurred after the company left two Kibana apps exposed on the internet without administrative passwords.

Read more on ZDNet.

h/t, @Chum1ng0


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