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Database leaks data on most of Ecuador's citizens, including 6.7m children
- neogodless 7y agoRelated submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20984015 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20984015 (Points to https://cyware.com/news/unprotected-elasticsearch-database-exposes-sensitive-information-of-over-20-million-ecuador-citizens-58e5add8/ https://cyware.com/news/unprotected-elasticsearch-database-e... )
- roywiggins 7y agoAt this rate it seems that if your personal details haven't been leaked by an elasticsearch, mongodb, or S3 misconfiguration, you're in a small and dwindling minority
- m4r35n357 7y agoThink of the citizens!
- jascii 7y ago<Tongue in cheek> Is there any way we can blame Julian Assange for this? </Tongue in cheek>
- ferbivore 7y agoAll of this stuff was on the servers of some corporation nobody has ever heard of? Names, home addresses, personal ID numbers, bank accounts, balances, VINs, plate numbers? This is a nightmare even ignoring the absurd security breach. How many of these databases are out there?