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Cybercrime forum Leak Zone publicly exposed its users’ IP addresses


Exclusive: The popular "leaking and cracking" forum left one of its databases exposed to the internet without a password, exposing the IP addresses of its users logging in.

In a blog post shared with TechCrunch ahead of its publication, the researchers said they discovered the database on July 18 and found its data was accessible to anyone with a web browser. The exposed database contained more than 22 million records storing the IP address and precise timestamp of when Leak Zone users logged in. TechCrunch was unable to contact the Leak Zone administrators for comment as the forum software denied our ability to send them messages.

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