Catalin Cimpanu reports on another exposed MongoDB installation found by Bob Diachenko of Hacken Proof: The MongoDB instance contained 854GB of data, with 202,730,434 records in total, most of which were CVs for Chinese users. The resumes contained all the sensitive details you might expect to find on a CV, such as full names, home…
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Another data breach? Amazon India leaks sellers information in tech error
Yuvraj Malik reports: A month after its global e-commerce site faced a technical glitch that left exposed user data, Amazon has suffered a similar malfunction this time to its India platform. Sources in know of the situation said that a glitch was reported internally last week that exposed some sellers’ private financial information to other…
ND: Mandan School accidentally leaks student information to students, parents
KXnet reports: Mandan School Administrators are working hard to recover from an accidental information leak that happened at the school just yesterday. Mandan High School’s administrative office sent an email containing names of all 1,024 students, addresses, phone numbers, PowerSchool ID’s, Department of Public Instruction State ID’s, student schedules and locker combinations. They had intended…
HK: TransUnion in new apology amid leak fear
Jane Cheung reports: TransUnion has been forced to apologize again after it was discovered that unauthorized people could gain access to mortgage information on its website. Despite the apology, it refused to admit that any data leak had occurred, and said it has suspended the online search function and is improving security measures. Neona Wang,…
Google Emails Users About Private Data Exposed by Google+ API Bug
Lawrence Abrams reports: Google has started sending out notifications to those who were affected by their Google+ API bug that was disclosed in December 2018. This notification provides details regarding what profile data was exposed and the apps that had access to it. On December 10th, 2018, Google disclosed a Google+ API bug that allowed…
Mom shocked to find driver’s license on metro Atlanta school website: Turns out, she’s not the only one
Joe Henke and Lauren Padgett report: A former volunteer with DeKalb County Schools was shocked by what she found when she typed her own name into Google recently – an image of her driver’s license posted online. […] Houde volunteered with DeKalb County Public Schools as a room parent when her children attended school in the district….