The firm, MC2 Data, left approximately 2.2 terabytes of information easily accessible on the open web without so much as password protection, according to the cybersecurity researchers who uncovered the breach.
This stunning privacy lapse comes amid a summer of catastrophic leaks, including July's Independence Day 'RockYou2024,' which exposed an astonishing 10 billion passwords to cyber criminals, and a massive breach of US social security numbers.
People and organizations needing background checks have also been exposed, as the data of 2,319,873 users who subscribed to MC2 Data services was [also] leaked, raising serious concerns about privacy and safety.
'Background-checking services have always been problematic, as cybercriminals would often be able to purchase their services to gather data on their victims,' Nazarovas opined.
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