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Data Broker Leaves 600K+ Sensitive Files Exposed Online
A security researcher discovered an unprotected database belonging to SL Data Services containing over 600,000 sensitive files, including criminal histories and background checks with names, addresses, and social media accounts. The Register reports: We don't know how long the personal information ...
A security researcher discovered an unprotected database belonging to SL Data Services containing over 600,000 sensitive files, including criminal histories and background checks with names, addresses, and social media accounts. Infosec specialist Jeremiah Fowler says he found the Amazon S3 bucket in October and reported it to the data collection company by phone and email every few days for more than two weeks. While court records and sex offender status are usually public records in the US, this exposed cache could be combined with other data points to make complete profiles of people -- along with their family members and co-workers -- providing everything criminals would need for targeted phishing and/or social engineering attacks.
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