‘Secure’ Backup Company Leaks 135 Million Records Online

guest · Apr 1, 2020

‘Secure’ Backup Company Leaks 135 Million Records Online
April 1, 2020
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/secure-backup-company-leaks-135/

A company claiming to provide “the world’s most secure online backup” leaked metadata and customer information in over 135 million records after misconfiguring an online database, Infosecurity has learned.

It was traced to Californian-headquartered SOS Online Backup, which claims to be a multi-award winning provider with 12 data centers around the globe. The firm was contacted on December 10 and again seven days later. Although it never replied to the researchers, the incident was mitigated on December 19.

“The exposed database contained over 135 million records, totalling almost 70GB of metadata related to user accounts on SOS Online Backup. This included structural, reference, descriptive, and administrative metadata covering many aspects of SOS Online Backup’s cloud services,” vpnMentor explained.
“This database could have been a goldmine for cyber-criminals and malicious hackers, with access to cloud storage highly sought after in the online criminal underworld.”
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“Finally, the exposed database showed the structure of their cloud-based backup technology, accounts’ systems, and how they work. Hackers could use this information to plan effective attacks and embed malicious software in their system,” vpnMentor suggested.
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vpnMentor: Report: Cloud Backup Provider Exposes Customer Data in Massive Leak

It exposed significant metadata related to user accounts on SOS Online Backup and the structure of their cloud services.
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