49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads put up for sale online

guest · Jan 14, 2020

49 million user records from US data broker LimeLeads put up for sale online
Data from an exposed LimeLeads Elasticsearch server ends up on a hacking forum
January 14, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/49-mi...data-broker-limeleads-put-up-for-sale-online/

A hacker is currently selling a huge database of 49 million business contacts on a underground hacking forum, ZDNet has learned.

The hacker claims the data belongs to LimeLeads, a San Francisco-based business-to-business (B2B) leads generator, which +makes its money by renting access to an internal database containing business contacts that can be used for pitches and sales.
UNSECURED SERVER TO BLAME, NOT A CYBER-ATTACK
While initially after receiving the tip we thought the company had suffered an intrusion into its systems following an intentional cyber-attack, we soon discovered that this was not the case.

LimeLeads turned out to be just the latest in a long line of companies that failed to set up a password for an internal server, which allowed anyone on the internet to access the company's crucial customer data.
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