{"id":674,"date":"2021-08-13T13:14:51","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=674"},"modified":"2021-08-13T13:14:51","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T13:14:51","slug":"millions-of-seniors-hit-by-major-data-breach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/millions-of-seniors-hit-by-major-data-breach\/","title":{"rendered":"Millions of seniors hit by major data breach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/best\/best-online-cyber-security-courses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>Cybersecurity<\/u><\/a>\u00a0researchers have found a misconfigured\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/news\/what-is-amazon-s3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>Amazon S3<\/u><\/a>\u00a0bucket that exposed personally identifiable information (PII) of over three million US senior citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Discovered by researchers at\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/news\/over-1tb-of-confidential-us-company-data-accidentally-exposed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>WizCase<\/u><\/a>, the\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/news\/the-best-cloud-storage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>cloud storage<\/u><\/a>\u00a0bucket belonged to SeniorAdvisor, which describes itself as the largest ratings and reviews website for senior care and services across the US and Canada.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"hawk-nest hawk-processed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" data-widget-id=\"9696786101111323000\" data-result=\"missing\"><\/aside>\n<p>The misconfigured bucket contained over 180GB of data, exposing the names and contact details of over three million individuals.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shield yourself with these\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/best\/best-identity-theft-protection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>best identity theft protection services<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Take a look at our roundup of the\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/best\/best-tablets-for-seniors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>best tablets for seniors<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n<li>We&#8217;ve put together a list of the\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/news\/best-endpoint-security-software\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>best endpoint protection<\/u><\/a>\u00a0software<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cMisconfigured Amazon S3 buckets are worryingly frequent and this highlights that site owners are clearly not aware of the scale of this vulnerability, especially when the data is unencrypted, pointing towards potentially catastrophic outcomes. These S3 buckets allow people to configure them but notoriously people weaken or even bypass the inbuilt security for various reasons, making them vulnerable,&#8221; opines Jake Moore, cybersecurity specialist at\u00a0<a class=\"hawk-link-parsed\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/reviews\/eset-endpoint-protection-advanced-cloud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-component-tracked=\"1\"><u>ESET<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/uk\/news\/millions-of-seniors-hit-by-major-data-breach\">Read the Full Story Here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: Tech Radar<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cybersecurity\u00a0researchers have found a misconfigured\u00a0Amazon S3\u00a0bucket that exposed personally identifiable information (PII) of over three million US senior citizens. 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