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A screenshot of a Chinese classified web page, where users first input personal data that may have been leaked by a data collection firm (Bob Diachenko).

Personal data on 202 million Chinese job-seekers left exposed on insecure database

The database did not require visitors to enter a username or password to access the information.

Jan 10, 2019 By Jeff Stone

Elasticsearch, Hacken — Screenshot from Hacken’s report on exposed Elasticsearch servers. (Hacken)

Data about 57 million people exposed by Elasticsearch servers

Cybersecurity organization Hacken said it found the misconfigured servers as part of a regular security audit. The data appears to come from millions of U.S. residents.

Nov 28, 2018 By Jared Beinart

Researcher finds trove of political fundraising, old voter data on open internet

Hacken says the server had authentication disabled and was openly visible on an IoT search engine.

Oct 24, 2018 By Zaid Shoorbajee