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1 week ago180,000 Records of PII and Payment Information Exposed
A database was found to be without password protection or encryption, exposing approximately 180,000 records (178,519 files) containing PII and payment data. This database was discovered by Jeremiah Fowler, a Cybersecurity Researcher and was initially reported to Website Planet . In an examination of the exposed files, Fowler identified invoices that contained personally identifiable information (PII). Sensitive data in these invoices included, but was not limited to: These invoices belonged to employees, customers, service providers and partners globally.
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