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Equifax breach was small compared to this - Ombligo - 06-28-2018
Exactis, a Palm Coast, Fla.-based marketing and data-aggregation company, had exposed a database containing almost 2 terabytes of data, containing nearly 340 million individual records, on a public server. That included records of 230 million consumers and 110 million businesses.
“It seems like this is a database with pretty much every U.S. citizen in it,” security researcher Vinny Troia, who discovered the breach earlier this month
While the database apparently does not include credit-card numbers or Social Security numbers, it does include phone numbers, email and postal addresses as well as more than 400 personal characteristics, such as whether a person is a smoker, if they own a dog or cat, their religion and a multitude of personal interests. Even though no financial information was included, the breadth of personal data could make it possible to profile individuals or help scammers steal identities.
https://www.marketwatch.com/Story/a-new-data-breach-may-have-exposed-personal-information-of-almost-every-american-adult-2018-06-27?&siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo
Re: Equifax breach was small compared to this - pRICE cUBE - 06-28-2018
:mad2: :ohsnap: :argh:
Re: Equifax breach was small compared to this - Don C - 06-29-2018
Ah, the internet is such a blessing to us all!
Re: Equifax breach was small compared to this - PeterW - 06-29-2018
Don C wrote:
Ah, the internet is such a blessing to us all!
Why yes it is. As long as you keep your personal information to yourself.