It has been reported that an unsecured database on Amazon has been discovered, exposing sensitive information and passport scans on thousands of employees. The information, including thousands of passport scans, tax documents, background checks, job applications, expense forms, scanned contracts, emails, and salary details, was stored on an Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 bucket. The unencrypted database was exposed for an unknown amount of time impacting consultancy firms such as Garraway Consultants, Dynamic Partners, IQ Consulting, Eximius Consultants Limited, Winchester Ltd, Partners Associates Ltd, and others. While many of these firms are no longer in business, the exposed PII still relates to existing people who could be at risk.
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Cloud adoption has enabled many companies to conveniently gather and store large amounts of data. ..."
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@Javvad Malik, Security Awareness Advocate, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Cloud adoption has enabled many companies to conveniently gather and store large amounts of data. ..."
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@Boris Cipot, Senior Sales Engineer , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This is especially true when passport details, salary information and other pieces of sensitive data are being handled...."
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@Boris Cipot, Senior Sales Engineer , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This is especially true when passport details, salary information and other pieces of sensitive data are being handled...."
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@Jonathan Deveaux, Head of Enterprise Data Protection, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Technology professionals really need to get out of the habit of leaving sensitive data unprotected...."
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@Jonathan Deveaux, Head of Enterprise Data Protection, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"Technology professionals really need to get out of the habit of leaving sensitive data unprotected...."
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@Richard Walters, CTO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This is not the fault of Amazon, which has security measures for its AWS storage. ..."
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@Richard Walters, CTO , provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"This is not the fault of Amazon, which has security measures for its AWS storage. ..."
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