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170 million strong data leak traced to US data broker - People Data Labs (PDL) #21006

Closed swidup closed 1 month ago

swidup commented 2 months ago

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/170-million-strong-data-leak-traced-to-us-data-broker/ar-AA1pRZhF

swidup commented 2 months ago

https://www.webpronews.com/data-broker-at-center-of-data-leak-involving-170-million-records/

etgifford commented 1 month ago

https://cybernews.com/security/people-data-labs-data-leak/

etgifford commented 1 month ago

JSON ba4784a3-92ac-4037-8ad9-c4b83b8efe1e People Data Labs (PDL), HQ: San Francisco, CA, Employee: 106, NAICS: 518210 (Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services) 170,000,000 records dataset was exposed via an unprotected Elasticsearch server suspected to be managed by a third party. June 25, 2024, the CyberNews Research Team discovered a dataset that was exposed to anyone on the internet. The dataset was labeled “PDL” and marked as “Version 26.2”, suggesting it could be related to the previous 2019 data leak. The dataset contained the following information: Full names, Phone numbers, Emails, Location data, Skills, Professional summaries, Education background, and Employment history.