Misconfigured web apps exposed millions of US personal records online
Misconfigured web apps exposed millions of US personal records online Researchers pin blame on generous default permission settings When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works. Improper default permission setting exposed personally identifiable information (PII) of over 30 million US citizens from across a few hundred portals, according tocybersecurityresearchers. The UpGuard Research team discovered over a thousand anonymously accessible lists across a few hundred portals that included sensitive details such as an individual’s Covid-19 vaccination status, along with their phone numbers, home address, and social security number (SSN), and more....