Researcher spots 110 TB of sensitive info sitting in unprotected database
Nearly 32 million records belonging to users of tech from Trackman were left exposed to the internet, sitting in a non-password protected database, for an undetermined amount of time, according to researcher Jeremiah Fowler.
Fowler spotted and reported the open Microsoft Azure Blob database in early August, and said it contained 31,602,260 records that shared users' names and email addresses, along with device info, IP addresses, and security tokens. In total, 110 TB of sensitive information was there for the taking by any digital crooks, we're told.
In a report published today, Fowler noted that some of the records stored in Azure Blob appeared to contain sensitive info belonging to professional golfers. One screenshot contains the name, email address, and operating system details of one such pro user, along with log files displaying the Wi-Fi connection used by the device, plus API, IP addresses, and security token.
"For example, criminals could clone a login page and email users to update their password or prompt them to update their payment information," Fowler said."This would be a very easy and effective method to potentially gain access to their accounts and obtain their payment information. The users would have no reason to doubt this was a legitimate request until it's too late.
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