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An ID verification service that works with TikTok and X left its credentials wide open for a year
An ID verification service that works with TikTok and X left its credentials wide open for a year. This means that hackers could potentially have accessed sensitive data, like drivers’ licenses.
An ID verification company that works on behalf of TikTok, X and Uber, among others, has left a set of administrative credentials exposed for more than a year, as reported by 404 Media. The news organization downloaded the credentials and found a wealth of passwords and authentication tokens linked to someone who lists their role on LinkedIn as a Network Operations Center Manager at AU10TIX. A spokesperson for Upwork said that it has “been working with a different service provider for some time now.” X, however, just signed up with AU10TIX back in September and it uses government-issued IDs to verify premium users.
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