data leak

Pierluigi Paganini November 22, 2019
AccorHotels subsidiary Gekko Group exposes hotels and travelers data in massive data leak

Security experts from vpnMentor discovered that Gekko Group, an AccorHotels subsidiary, exposes hotels and travelers in a massive data leak. Gekko Group is a leading European B2B hotel booking platform that also owns smaller hospitality brands, including Teldar Travel & Infinite Hotel. The AccorHotels subsidiary has a combined customer base of 600,000 hotels worldwide. vpnMentor discovered a database exposed […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 20, 2019
Hackers leak 2TB of Data From Cayman National Bank stolen by Phineas Fisher

New data leak threatens the world of finance after the Panama Papers, hackers published 2TB of the Cayman National bank’s confidential data. The Cayman Islands are a fiscal paradise that attracts money of questionable origin from all over the world, for this reason, the content of a new data leak is scaring the global finance. […]

Pierluigi Paganini November 06, 2019
‘Camgirl’ sites expose millions of members and users

Hackers compromised a network of ‘camgirl’ sites and exposed data belonging to millions of users and sex workers. Hackers compromised several ‘camgirl‘ sites and have exposed millions of sex workers and users. All the sites were run by the Spanish company VTS Media that left the back-end database unprotected online. The unprotected database was discovered […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 26, 2019
Unsecured ElasticSearch DB exposed data for 7.5M Adobe Creative Cloud Users

Adobe suffered an important data leak, data for 7.5 Million Adobe Creative Cloud users have been exposed online through an unsecured server. The tech giant Adobe suffered an important data leak, data belonging to 7.5 Million Adobe Creative Cloud users have been exposed online through an unsecured server. The security breach took place this month […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 22, 2019
Autoclerk travel reservations platform data leak also impacts US Government and military

vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. Security experts at vpnMentor’s discovered a breach in a database belonging to Autoclerk, a reservations management system owned by Best Western Hotels and Resorts Group. The data leak exposed sensitive personal information of thousands of users […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 12, 2019
Leafly Cannabis information platform suffered a data leak

Leafly, a cannabis information platform, suffered a data leak that exposed the personal information of some of its customers. Leafly, the world’s leading cannabis resource, informed its customers via email that has suffered a data leak. On September 30, the company discovered that customer The company discovered on September 30 that a secondary database was […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 02, 2019
Experts found 20 Million tax records for Russian citizens exposed online

Experts discovered an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster containing personally identifiable and tax information of Russian citizens exposed online. Security experts from Comparitech along with security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered 20 million tax records belonging to Russian citizens exposed online in clear text and without protection. The experts found an unprotected Elasticsearch cluster that was containing personally […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 25, 2019
Heyyo dating app left its users’ data exposed online

Another day, another embarrassing data leak made the headlines, the online dating app Heyyo left a server exposed on the internet. The online dating app Heyyo left a server exposed on the internet without protection, data were stored on an Elasticsearch instance. The exposed data included personal details, images, location data, phone numbers, and dating […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2019
Experts warn of the exposure of thousands of Google Calendars online

The news is shocking, thousands of Google Calendars are leaking private information posing a severe threat to the privacy of the users. Thousands of Google Calendars are leaking private information online threatening the privacy of the users. Google Calendar has more than q billion users that can potentially expose their private affairs due to the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 17, 2019
Backup files for Lion Air and parent airlines exposed and exchanged on forums

Tens of millions of records belonging to passengers of two airline companies owned by Lion Air have been exposed and exchanged on forums. Data belonging to passengers of two airline companies owned by Lion Air have been exposed and exchanged on forums. The information was left exposed online on an unsecured Amazon bucket, the records […]