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Internet Society data left unprotected in cloud storage database

Exploit: Misconfiguration

The Internet Society (ISOC): Non-Profit

cybersecurity news represented by a gauge indicating moderate risk

Risk to Business: 2.776 = Moderate

Cybersecurity researchers recently announced the discovery of a trove of information belonging to ISOC in an unsecured Microsoft Azure blob. The blob was reported to contain contained millions of files with personal and login details belonging to ISOC members. ISOC has secured the blob but there’s no telling how long that data was exposed for or who may have seen it.

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Risk to Business: 1.282= Moderate

The member data exposed includes members’ full names, preferred language, the account ID, donation history, login credentials, social media tokens, email and street addresses, genders and similar personal information.

Customers Impacted: Unknown

How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Human error aka employee negligence is the biggest cause of a data breach because it’s what makes things like this happen.

Source: the cyberwire