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45 Million Medical Images Left Exposed Online

A six-month investigation by CybelAngel discovered unsecured sensitive patient data available for third parties to access for blackmail, fraud or other nefarious purposes. More than 45 million medical images—and the personally identifiable information (PII) and personal healthcare information (PHI) associated with them–have been left exposed online due to unsecured technology . . . Read more

RansomExx Ransomware Gang Dumps Stolen Embraer Data: Report

The group published files stolen from the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer in a ransomware attack last month. Hackers have dumped sensitive company data that was stolen during a ransomware attack last month on aircraft manufacturer Embraer. The compromised data appeared on a new dark web site created to publish leaked information, . . . Read more

Cayman Islands Bank Records Exposed in Open Azure Blob

An offshore Cayman Islands bank’s backups, covering a $500 million investment portfolio, were left unsecured and leaking personal banking information, passport data and even online banking PINs.

COVID-19 Data-Sharing App Leaked Healthcare Worker Info

Philippines COVID-KAYA app allowed for unauthorized access typically protected by ‘superuser’ credentials and also may have exposed patient data. A platform used by healthcare workers in the Philippines designed to share data about COVID-19 cases contained multiple flaws that exposed healthcare worker data and could potentially could have leaked patient . . . Read more

Millions of Hotel Guests Worldwide Caught Up in Mass Data Leak

A cloud misconfiguration affecting users of a popular reservation platform threatens travelers with identity theft, scams, credit-card fraud and vacation-stealing. A widely used hotel reservation platform has exposed 10 million files related to guests at various hotels around the world, thanks to a misconfigured Amazon Web Services S3 bucket. The . . . Read more