1.2 Billion Records Found Exposed Online in a Single Server

By Lily Hay Newman for Wired
Friday, November 22, 2019

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Just because data is exposed online doesn't mean hackers have accessed it, and often the data involved is simply culled from public records. But in aggregate, these troves can create real risk by enabling identity theft, credential stuffing, and phishing scams. Much of the data also winds up on the dark web, which has seen a recent explosion of stolen credentials, according to recent research from the Swiss IT security testing and dark web monitoring firm ImmuniWeb.

In one sense, the overwhelming volume of data circulating on the dark web may create a sort of risk plateau where more volume doesn't necessarily equal more successful scams. Read Full Article