It was announced today that over one million North American students have had their data exposed after a popular online learning platform left it in a publicly accessible cloud database. Researchers claim that the Elasticsearch database belonging to provider OneClass was left completely unsecured. The trove contained over 27GB of data, amounting to 8.9 million records, including many students’ full names, email addresses, schools/universities, phone numbers, account details, and school enrollment details.
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@Anurag Kahol, CTO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Personal data is precious, and it is imperative that the proper controls are in place to secure it. ..."
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@Anurag Kahol, CTO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Personal data is precious, and it is imperative that the proper controls are in place to secure it. ..."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/expert-commentary-unsecured-oneclass-database-exposes-1m-students
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@Rene Paap, Senior Product Marketing Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The Zero Trust principle dictates that no connectivity is allowed until a user and their device is authenticated...."
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@Rene Paap, Senior Product Marketing Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The Zero Trust principle dictates that no connectivity is allowed until a user and their device is authenticated...."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
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