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Elasticsearch Database Mess Up Exposed Login, PII Data of 30,000 Students
The misconfigured Elasticsearch database apparently belonged to the US-based software solution provider Transact Campus. SafetyDetectives’ cybersecurity research team…
Scoop: Uganda Security Exchange Caught Leaking 32GB of Sensitive Data
Apart from personal and financial records, the data also included plain-text login credentials including usernames and passwords of…
Scoop: Australian Trading Giant ACY Securities Exposed 60GB of User Data
Upon being alerted by security researcher Anurag Sen, the company rubbished the sensitivity of the matter by labeling…
142 Million MGM Resorts Records Leaked on Telegram for Free Download
As seen by Hackread.com and researchers at VPNMentor, the leaked data includes sensitive PII information of MGM resort…
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…
How to Optimize Your Database Storage in MySQL
SQL (structured query language) is a unique programming language for storing, manipulating, and retrieving data from a database.…
Misconfigured ElasticSearch Servers Exposed 579 GB of Users’ Website Activity
In total, two misconfigured ElasticSearch servers belonging to an unknown organization exposed 359,019,902 (359 million) records that were…
Breast Cancer Charity Exposed Sensitive Images of U.S. Patients
The Ardmore, Pennsylvania-based cancer charity Breastcancer.org suffered a massive data loss impacting thousands of its registered users. The…
US and China Exposed Most Databases Among 308,000 Discovered in 2021
In total, 308,000 unsecured databases were found exposing sensitive assets worldwide of which around 90,000 databases have already…
Sensitive Data: Securing Your Most Important Asset
According to Economist, “The world’s most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data” therefore protecting your most…