2019 BREACHES
Here we will share some of the businesses and organizations who fell victim or were reported so far this year.
Indian Political Parties Charge That IT Grid Officials Stole or Manipulated Data
Who: ITGrids When: 4 Mar 2019 # of records involved: The Aadhaar details of as many as 7.82 crore Indians have been found in possession of IT Grids Pvt. Ltd. What happened: Four company officials are believed to have stolen the data of about 3.5 crore people of Andhra...
Millions of Customer Records of e-Commerce giant Gearbest Exposed
Who: Gearbest When: 15 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 1.5 Million Customer Records What happened: An unsecured Elasticsearch server exposed information and orders of millions of its customers. How did it happen: The server was not protected with a password and anyone...
Unsecured Database of Third Party Vendor allows Access to Spanish Gym Franchises
Who: VIVA GYM When: 30 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 6,608 What happened: A passwordless MongoDB database that was exposing sensitive information of VivaGym job candidates and other business related data. How did it happen: At the moment of the discovery, the...
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