Compliance company Vanta has reported a data exposure incident, where a bug caused private customer data to be visible to other customers. This issue arose from a product code change, rather than from external intrusion. The company noticed the problem on May 26 and is working to complete the remediation by June 4. Affected data pertained to less than 20% of Vanta's third-party integrations, emphasizing the need for robust data management practices in technology services that assist with compliance and security automation.
Vanta confirmed that a bug exposed the private data of some of its customers to other customers, resulting from a product code change rather than an intrusion.
The company stated that they identified the issue on May 26 and remediation efforts were expected to be complete by June 4.
According to Vanta's chief product officer Jeremy Epling, the incident led to a data exposure affecting a subset of integrations specified about 20%.
Vanta assists corporate clients in automating security compliance processes, putting significant responsibility on their data management practices.
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