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Fasten data leak: Nearly 1 million users' sensitive data mistakenly exposed by US ride-hailing firm

  • 12 November 2017
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The data exposed includes names, emails, phone numbers, credit card data and more.

 
11th November, 2017  By India Ashok
 

In the hands of hackers, this kind of massive data exposure could result in devastating attacks Markus Spiske/UnsplashOver one million users' personal and financial data was inadvertently publicly exposed by US-based ride hailing firm Fasten. The leaked data includes names, emails, phone numbers, credit card data, links to photos, device IMEI numbers, GPS data and users' taxi routes.
 
The firm also exposed sensitive information of its own drivers, including drivers' car registration and license plate records as well as detailed individual profiles. According to Kromtech security researchers, who uncovered the breach, the data exposure was caused by an unsecured Apache Hive database.
 
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This is a bad one for sure........................customers will need to be protected and the company needs to reactive asap.

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