Dow Jones server leaks personal info of 2.2 million customers

Private information of more than two million customers of the Dow Jones publishing agency have been exposed online. According to the IB Times,a configuration error on the Dow Jones & Co. cloud storage server led to sensitive information including names, addresses, account information, emails and the last four digits of credit cards for almost 2.2 million people becoming available to anyone with an Amazon Web Services Account. The flaw itself was first spotted by cybersecurity researchers from UpGuard back in June. The researchers said the number of affected users might reach four million. According to UpGuard’s Director of Cyber Risk Research, Chris… [Continue Reading]