Social Data, a company that sells social media data to marketers, has left nearly 235 million YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram profiles exposed, according to The Independent. A report Comparitech revealed that the company managed a database that was neither password-protected nor had any authentication methods. The data involved reportedly includes information including names, contact information, personal information, images, and statistics about followers – as well as detailed information about those accounts, such as engagement rate, follower growth rate, audience gender, audience location, and likes.
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