Over 1.2B profiles found in unsecured server shows severity of data collection by tech firms

AppleInsider
Nov 22, 2019, 4:09 pm1.3k ptsHotTop
The discovery of an unprotected data store containing 1.2 billion records of personal information gleamed from data brokerage services offers a glimpse into not only the kind of resources scammers and hackers can acquire about a large number of potential targets, but also the amount of data online services…

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