Web hosting provider exposes details of millions of clients in serious security lapse

guest · Nov 17, 2020

Web hosting provider exposes details of millions of clients in serious security lapse
Cloud Clusters breach exposed data relating to 63 million individuals
November 17, 2020
https://www.techradar.com/news/web-...millions-of-clients-in-serious-security-lapse

Security researchers have discovered a huge data breach involving a web hosting firm, which may have threatened the privacy of some 63 million individuals. Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, in collaboration with Secure Thoughts, discovered that an unsecured database hosted by US firm Cloud Clusters had potentially compromised usernames and passwords connected with Magento, WordPress and MySQL.

The exposed database contained records concerning data backups, monitoring, error logging, and more, with emails and passwords displayed in plain text.
It is not known, however, if the firm informed relevant customers that their credentials could have been compromised.
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“It is unclear how long these records were exposed or who else may have had access to this data,” Fowler explained. “As a security researcher, I never circumvent or bypass password protected assets. These records were publically accessible and no hacking was necessary to see 63.7 million records. If a cybercriminal had access to this information it could potentially compromise those sites and e-commerce accounts.”
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Secure Thoughts: Hosting Provider Exposed 63M Records incl. WP & Magento

Secure Thoughts collaborated with Security Expert Jeremiah Fowler to expose a massive leak of over 60 million records by a Cloud Application Hosting company. Here are his findings:
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