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A Misused Microsoft Tool Leaked Troves of Data From 47 Organisations
New research shows that misconfigurations of a widely used web tool have led to the leaking of tens of millions of data records.
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540 Million Facebook User Records Exposed Online, Plus Passwords, Comments, And More
Researchers at the cybersecurity firm UpGuard on Wednesday said they had discovered the existence of two datasets together containing the personal data of hundreds of millions of Facebook users. Both were left publicly accessible.
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Viacom Leak May Have Exposed Hundreds Of Digital Properties – Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV, And More
Photo: Getty An Amazon server containing roughly a gigabyte’s worth of credentials and configuration files belonging to behemoth media conglomerate Viacom were discovered online and unsecured, according to UpGuard, a California-based “cyber resiliency” firm. A security researcher working for the company discovered the server flapping in the wind last month — without so much as…
