Tag: VPNMentor
CallX Suffers Data Breach; Over 100,000 Files Exposed
Security experts from research firm vpnMentor discovered a data breach that exposed tens of thousands of private data belonging to CallX, a California headquartered telemarketing company....
Fine-tune Your Passwords! Researchers Find Hackers Targeting Spotify Users
Security experts from vpnMentor uncovered a potential credential stuffing attack exploiting the personal data of Spotify users. The researchers found an unencrypted Elasticsearch database...
Facebook Users Tricked in a Massive Phishing and Credit Card Scam
Cybersecurity researchers from vpnMentor uncovered a global hacking operation targeting Facebook users after discovering an unsecured Elasticsearch database obtained by the threat actors. The...
India: COVID-19 Surveillance Tool Exposes PII of 8 Mn Users
A COVID-19 surveillance tool in the Indian state Uttar Pradesh inadvertently exposed the personal information of over eight million people. According to vpnMentor’s researchers,...
Email Marketing Company Mailfire Exposes PII of Dating Site Users
An anonymous ethical hacker found an unsecured Elasticsearch server exposing private data of hundreds of thousands of users of over 70 adult dating and...
Misconfigured AWS S3 Bucket Exposes PII of up to 350,000 SSL247...
Security researchers Noam Rotem and Ran Locar from security firm vpnMentor discovered a misconfigured AWS S3 bucket exposing sensitive files related to SSL247, a...
Unsecured Database Exposes 5.5 Mn Records of Multiple Organizations
Inadvertent database exposure continues to be a major risk for organizations. Security professionals are concerned about their database security as employees are now working...
Massive Data Breach Exposes PII of 99,000 V Shred Customers and...
Security research firm vpnMentor reported that fitness brand V Shred suffered a data breach that exposed the personally identifiable information (PII) of 99,000 of...
Data Breach Affects PII of 1 Mn OneClass App Users Across...
OneClass app, a Canada-based online learning platform, suffered a data breach after an unsecured Elasticsearch database exposed personal information of over 1 million students...
8Belts Exposes PII of e-learners in a Data Breach: Report
Researchers from cybersecurity firm vpnMentor discovered a data breach related to a popular Spanish e-Learning platform 8Belts, exposing personal data of over 100,000s of...
