DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records

guest · Jun 25, 2021

DreamHost hosting firm exposed almost a billion sensitive records
June 25, 2021
https://www.hackread.com/dreamhost-hosting-exposed-billion-records/

In recent news, the IT security researchers at Website Planet found an unsecured database owned by Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar DreamHost.

The database belonged to DreamHost’s DreamPress managed WordPress hosting that was left exposed without any password or security authentication meaning anyone from the public could have access to it.
Amongst the data it contained, the monitoring and file logs exposed internal records which should not have been publicly accessible. The total size of the data breach was 86.15 GB with 814,709,344 total records.
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According to Website Planet’s blog post, after this discovery was made, the research team sent a responsible disclosure to DreamHost and the database was secured within hours. If not for the fast recovery of the database, there could have been serious security threats.
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Website Planet: One of the Biggest Website Hosting Providers, DreamHost, Leaked 814 Million Records Online Including Customer Data

A database owned by DreamHost, DreamPress managed WordPress hosting, was publically accessible online.
3 Years of DreamPress Customer and User Data Exposed Online
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