French Civic Service exposes 1.4 million user records on the web

guest · Jun 5, 2020

French Civic Service exposes 1.4 million user records on the web
A 5.0GB database without a password or any authentication required to access it
June 2, 2020
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/agence-du-service-civique-leak/

The database included hundreds of thousands of contract details for volunteers in the program, plus more than 1 million names, email addresses, and passwords of users who signed up through the website.

Comparitech’s security research team, led by cybersecurity expert Bob Diachenko, discovered the database on May 30 and reported it to the French Civic Service the same day. The organization acted quickly and secured the exposed server a few hours later.

The French Civic service told Comparitech in a statement that a subcontractor had exposed the database of former volunteers: [...]
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Although the French Civic Service says no malicious intrusions were detected, we strongly recommend impacted users and volunteer organizations take steps to protect themselves in case cybercriminals managed to steal the exposed data.
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