It has been reported that over 198 million records containing information on prospective car buyers, including loan and finance data, vehicle information and IP addresses for website visitors, has been found exposed on the internet for anyone to see. The non-password protected Elasticsearch database belonged to Dealer Leads, which is a company that gathers information on prospective buyers via a network of SEO-optimised, targeted websites.
According to the researcher, the websites all provide car-buying research information and classified ads for visitors. They collect this info and send it on to franchise and independent car dealerships to be used as sales leads. The exposed database in total contained 413GB of data. The information included records with names, email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses, IP addresses and other sensitive or identifiable information exposed to the public internet in plain text.
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@Lisa Baergen, VP of Marketing , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
" This technology helps verify people and detect unusual online patterns based on the user’s behavior...."
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@Lisa Baergen, VP of Marketing , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
" This technology helps verify people and detect unusual online patterns based on the user’s behavior...."
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@Oscar Tovar, Application Security Specialist, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Following best practices such as network segmentation and the \'least privilege\' model help prevent these kinds of leaks from occurring...."
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@Oscar Tovar, Application Security Specialist, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Following best practices such as network segmentation and the \'least privilege\' model help prevent these kinds of leaks from occurring...."
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@Anurag Kahol, CTO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
" As such, all companies, even those with limited IT resources, must take full responsibility for securing user data...."
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@Anurag Kahol, CTO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
" As such, all companies, even those with limited IT resources, must take full responsibility for securing user data...."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Cloud services have made it incredibly easy, convenient, and cost-effective to store large amounts of data...."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Cloud services have made it incredibly easy, convenient, and cost-effective to store large amounts of data...."
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@Israel Barak, Chief Information Security Officer , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The vast attack surface is extremely difficult to defend, and when databases are left exposed in the manner that is being reported...."
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@Israel Barak, Chief Information Security Officer , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The vast attack surface is extremely difficult to defend, and when databases are left exposed in the manner that is being reported...."
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@Robert Ramsden Board, VP EMEA , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Those that choose to use cloud-based databases need to practice basic cyber hygiene...."
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@Robert Ramsden Board, VP EMEA , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Those that choose to use cloud-based databases need to practice basic cyber hygiene...."
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@Warren Poschman, Senior Solutions Architect, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
" This starts with following best practices for configuration, something that is widely available for each platform...."
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@Warren Poschman, Senior Solutions Architect, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
" This starts with following best practices for configuration, something that is widely available for each platform...."
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@Hugo van Den Toorn, Manager, Offensive Security, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"As datasets grow to these sized, the data is becoming increasingly valuable to our business and in some cases even more valuable than money. ..."
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@Hugo van Den Toorn, Manager, Offensive Security, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"As datasets grow to these sized, the data is becoming increasingly valuable to our business and in some cases even more valuable than money. ..."
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