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Reading the articles about this breach and the nature of the data in this Snowflake lake, I personally wouldn’t consider this breach a “leak” from the customer
by r3trohack3r 2y ago
Reading the articles about this breach and the nature of the data in this Snowflake lake, I personally wouldn’t consider this breach a “leak” from the customer perspective - to me the leak is upstream of this breach.
Given the nature of the data in the database and the platform it was stored in, it seems extremely likely this data was not meant to be used internally by AT&T but was instead meant to be used externally by either a 3rd party partner (like advertisers and consumer analytics partners) or a government agency.
In other words, if it were my data in this datastore, I’d consider my data as already having been “leaked” when it went into the store - the issue here appears to be that this data was “leaked” to the wrong people from the perspective of AT&T and the FBI.
- khana 2y ago[dead]
- Liquix 2y agoThat's the issue with dragnet data collection and Snowflake-esque databases - it's never safe to enter any personal information on the internet. Given enough time, any and all of it will be "shared" and used for a third party's financial/political gain. Doesn't matter if it's AT&T, a bank, or the government. Never under any circumstances can you expect anything sensitive to stay private. This used to be taught as gospel when introducing kids to the internet - it's crazy how much things have changed in 20 years.
- mr_toad 2y agoGiven that most businesses and government agencies now allow remote access (i.e. WFH) all personal information is on the internet already.
- 5g44b5nb45n 2y agoI wonder how many times Snowflake has openly transmitted CP from ATT customers because they are too hungry to ingest and sell data rather than verify it.