Unsecured database containing 188 million personal records discovered online

guest · Jul 10, 2019

Unsecured database containing 188 million personal records discovered online
Yet another trove of unsecured personal data uncovered - this time containing information from data brokers Pipl.com and LexisNexis
July 10, 2019
https://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/3078682/unsecured-database-personal-information-lexisnexis-pipl

Yet another unsecured database containing personal information - this time the records of 188 million people - has been uncovered online.
That's according to an investigation conducted by Comparitech in partnership with security researcher Bob Diachenko.

Pipl.com provides data-broking services, including personal information about individuals, mostly in the US. LexisNexis provides legal information services
Meanwhile, around 800,000 of records came from legal search engine LexisNexis. These names, addresses, gender, parental status, family members, emails and information about neighbours.

"Data brokers gather personal data from many different sources and create combined data sets. These new data sets carry way more risk and as such need adequate protection."
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