It has been reported that the personal records of most of Ecuador’s population, including children, has been left exposed online due to a misconfigured database.
The database, an Elasticsearch searver, was discovered two weeks ago and contained a total of approximately 20.8 million user records, a number larger than the country’s total population count. The bigger number comes from duplicate records or older entries, containing the data of deceased persons.
Victims of the Ecuador data breach include Julian Assange… https://t.co/iTa5Lmdb7Q
— Graham Cluley (@gcluley) September 16, 2019
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@Chris DeRamus, VP of Technology Cloud Security Practice, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Misconfigurations are frightfully common, but there are simple and highly effective ways to prevent them. ..."
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@Matan Or-El, Co-Founder and CEO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Regulations like GDPR and CCPA have already recognized these dangers and thus prohibit the selling of children’s personal data without consent...."
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@Matan Or-El, Co-Founder and CEO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Regulations like GDPR and CCPA have already recognized these dangers and thus prohibit the selling of children’s personal data without consent...."
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@Chris Morales, Head of Security Analytics, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Especially when it is private data a government has shared with a third-party private company. That in itself is a bit scary. ..."
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@Chris Morales, Head of Security Analytics, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Especially when it is private data a government has shared with a third-party private company. That in itself is a bit scary. ..."
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@Kevin Gosschalk, CEO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Often times, the identity abuse only stops when the victim realizes and reports the abuse. ..."
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@Kevin Gosschalk, CEO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Often times, the identity abuse only stops when the victim realizes and reports the abuse. ..."
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@David Higgins, EMEA Technical Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
" Public cloud providers provide straightforward guidance on their shared responsibility models for security and compliance in cloud environments. ..."
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@David Higgins, EMEA Technical Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
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@Tarik Saleh, Senior Security Engineer and Malware Researcher, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This data is a treasure trove for attackers and scammers...."
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@Tarik Saleh, Senior Security Engineer and Malware Researcher, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This data is a treasure trove for attackers and scammers...."
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@Stuart Reed, UK Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The fact that there are duplicate entries and details for those that have deceased within the dataset...."
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@Stuart Reed, UK Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The fact that there are duplicate entries and details for those that have deceased within the dataset...."
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@Stephan Chenette, Co-Founder and CTO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The exposed database holds a wealth of financial information such as account status, account balance, credit type, and work information. ..."
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@Stephan Chenette, Co-Founder and CTO, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
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@Alexander García-Tobar, CEO and Co-founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This shocking leak exposes the impacted people, including children, to identity theft and countless other physical and cyber threats...."
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@Alexander García-Tobar, CEO and Co-founder, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This shocking leak exposes the impacted people, including children, to identity theft and countless other physical and cyber threats...."
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@Hugo van Den Toorn, Manager, Offensive Security, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"As datasets grow to this size, the data is becoming increasingly valuable to businesses 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.
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@Tim Dunton, MD, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This serious incident should act as a reminder to all national governments about the extreme importance of securing all sensitive data...."
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@Todd Peterson, IAM evangelist, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Server misconfigurations are on the news every week, and in some cases lead to massive data leaks...."
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@Todd Peterson, IAM evangelist, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
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@Tim Erlin, VP of Product Management and Strategy , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Organizations need to evaluate their own threat model to determine where to focus their security budget...."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Companies and governments in particular should always secure their databases to ensure they are not publicly available. ..."
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@Felix Rosbach, Product Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Sadly, with the recent wave of ElasticSearch and other Open Source breaches, it seems as though security is being viewed as an afterthought...."
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@Felix Rosbach, Product Manager, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Sadly, with the recent wave of ElasticSearch and other Open Source breaches, it seems as though security is being viewed as an afterthought...."
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