A network of ‘camgirl’ sites exposed millions of users and sex workers

guest · Nov 3, 2019

A network of ‘camgirl’ sites exposed millions of users and sex workers
November 3, 2019
https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/03/camgirl-network-exposed-millions-users/

A number of popular “camgirl” sites have exposed millions of sex workers and users after the company running the sites left the back-end database unprotected.
Most of the sites’ users are based in Spain and Europe, but we found evidence of users across the world, including the United States.

In all, the logs were detailed enough to see which users were logging in, from where, and often their email addresses or other identifiable information — which in some cases we could match to real-world identities.
Researchers at Condition:Black, a cybersecurity and internet freedom firm, discovered the exposed database.

“This was a serious failure from a technical and compliance perspective,” said John Wethington, founder of Condition:Black. “After reviewing the sites’ data privacy policy and terms and conditions, it’s clear that users likely had no idea that their activities being monitored to this level of detail.”
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Given both the company and its servers are located in Europe, the exposure of sexual preferences would fall under the “special categories” of GDPR rules, which require more protections. Companies can be fined up to 4% of their annual turnover for GDPR violations.
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