National cyber agency scans the web, detects scores of exposed Israeli databases

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National cyber agency scans the web, detects scores of exposed Israeli databases
August 12, 2020
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3844682,00.html

A scanning and detecting system developed by the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) has discovered 145 at risk databases 16 of them containing extremely sensitive private and business information, according to details provided to Calcalist by the government agency. Following the detection, the INCD reached out to the organizations that own and operate the weakly protected databases and they are no longer exposed.

The system’s main goal is to identify databases that contain sensitive information like financial details, business details, usernames, and passwords that are not secure enough.
According to the INCD, the sensitive databases identified by the system belong to medium and large companies [...]
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“Exposed databases are an attractive target for attackers. [...] We developed the system to preemptively detect the exposed databases so the owners can be warned.”
[...] to help them prevent allowing the data to reach the wrong people.”
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