More Than 4 Billions of Record Were Exposed from an ElasticSearch Database

guest · Aug 1, 2019

More Than 4 Billions of Record Were Exposed from an ElasticSearch Database
August 1, 2019
https://medium.com/@phoenix_master/...-unknown-elastic-search-database-8901cfa3dd02

In March 2019, I found an unsecured Elasticsearch database which contains more than 4 billion records. The database was sensitive as it contains a lot of PII details as well as Geo-Coordinates of the vehicles meaning the location of the transportation vehicle is tracked and seems to be of an unknown company which manages the transportation system, as well as the warehouse locations, were also given.

The size of the database was 6 TB.
What Does the Database Contain?
The database contains several client names, client vehicle number, client exact location, and the client address, as well as the database, also contains several internal logs of the company from where it was keeping the track of every vehicle which is used for transportation to the client location.
[...] this database contains every single record from departure to arrival which makes it more thinkable and sensitive.
Why the database was sensitive?
The database was sensitive because through these details which were actively active and falls in wrong hands, many wrong things can happen and also PII’s were there of the client through which they can easily be identified.
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