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ElasticSearch
43 posts
QR code generator My QR Code leaks users’ login data and addresses
My QR Code was informed about the leak almost two weeks ago, yet it failed to respond or secure its server.
February 19, 2023
AI Image Editing Tool Cutout Leaked User Images and Data
In total, the Cutout-owned Elasticsearch server leaked a whopping 9 GB worth of customer data.
February 16, 2023
Personal Data of Tens of Millions of Russians and Ukrainians Exposed Online
The trove of data was leaked due to a misconfigured Elasticsearch server and in total it stored 870 million records or 147 GB of data.
March 24, 2022
Data analytics firm exposed 2m Instagram and TikTok users’ data
The victims of this "data leak" also include celebrities like Alicia Keys, Loren Gray, Kylie Jenner, Ariana Grande, and Kim Kardashian.
October 21, 2021
Chinese VPN app Quickfox caught exposing 1 million users’ data
The Quickfox VPN is mainly used by Chinese citizens living abroad who need to access Chinese websites as most of these sites are geo-restricted.
October 19, 2021
Brazilian marketplace integrator Hariexpress exposed 1.75 billion records
At the time of publishing this article, the data was still exposed and growing as there has been no response from Hariexpress.
October 13, 2021
The Telegraph newspaper exposed 10TB of subscriber data
The data was exposed due to an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster and remained open to public access without any security authentication.
October 6, 2021
Indonesian Govt’s COVID-19 test, trace app leak impacting 1.3m users
The data leak took place after the Elasticsearch server used by eHAC developers exposed the data due to misconfiguration.
September 1, 2021
Android game developer EskyFun exposed 1 million gamers to hackers
EskyFun used an unsecured Elasticsearch server for storing vast amounts of data collected from users which was later exposed online.
September 1, 2021