10 billion records exposed in unsecured databases, study says

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10 billion records exposed in unsecured databases, study says
The databases contain personal information that could be used for phishing attacks and identity theft schemes
July 30, 2020
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/07/30/10-billion-records-exposed-unsecured-databases/

Researchers have found close to 10.5 billion pieces of consumer data that has been left sitting in almost 10,000 unsecured internet-facing databases hosted across 20 countries. The data is said to include email addresses, passwords, and phone numbers.

The study was conducted by NordPass between June 2019 and June 2020 in cooperation with an unnamed white hat hacker, who scanned the web for Elasticsearch and MongoDB libraries in search of misconfigured databases.
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It’s worth noting that three countries accounted for most of the exposed records, with France bearing the brunt (5.1 billion detected entries).
China followed on 2.6 billion records and the United States came in third with 2.3 billion data points. When it comes to countries with the largest numbers of ill-configured databases, China came first (4,000), followed by the US (3,000) and India (500).

Since the information is stored in unprotected databases, cybercriminals would have to put in little to no effort to gain access to the data. With the records in hand they could wreak all sorts of havoc on their victims.
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Nordpass: Are you safe? Your data could be breached in one of 10,000 exposed databases around the world

Billions of us could be breached at any second, as nearly 10,000 databases around the world have been left exposed for anyone to access. When you create an account online, your bank details, passwords, and address could all end up in one of these unsecured databases, leaving you and your family open to all kinds of data breaches and attacks.
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