U.N. security blunder left secret Trello boards, Google Docs exposed

Discussion in 'other security issues & news' started by hawki, Sep 24, 2018.

  1. hawki

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    "Secretive documents related to the United Nations were left vulnerable to unauthorized access by anyone who stumbled upon the right link, after Trello, Jira, and Google Docs accounts were left improperly configured by staffers. The security gaffe left passwords, organizational documents, and security plans belonging to governments of the United Kingdom and Canada open to the web...

    Some of the information he was eventually able to glean from these documents included access to a remote U.N. FTP server, credentials to log in to a Google and Vimeo account associated with the U.N.’s language and learning program, remote access information for certain U.N.-linked meetings, and detailed information about the U.N. website and its development..."

    https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/trello-google-docs-un/
     
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