Here’s another story of apparently sloppy practices by a company charged with looking after our personal data online. According to TechCrunch, more than 750,000 U.S. birth certificate applications have been found exposed online in an Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage bucket, which is essentially a cloud-based storage solution. The exposed data — held by a company that helps people obtain a copy of their birth certificate — reportedly has no password protection, and the web address where the applications are held is “easy to guess.” The company is yet to respond to inquiries about the security blunder, and with the data apparently still exposed, TechCrunch has opted not to name the company in order to protect affected customers. The cache was discovered by U.K.-based cybersecurity firm Fidus. The exposed forms show a range of information that includes the applicant’s name, date of birth, home address, email address, and phone number. They also show … [Read more...] about More than 750,000 U.S. birth certificate applications exposed online
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Récord Guinness para PlayStation: es la marca de consolas más vendida
PlayStation celebró su 25° aniversario a lo grande, ingresando al libro Guinness de los récords como la marca de consolas de videojuegos de mayores ventas en todos los tiempos. Las cifras son realmente asombrosas. La cuenta oficial de PlayStation en Twitter reveló que entre el sistema original, la PlayStation 2, la PlayStation 3 y la PlayStation 4, la marca ha vendido más de 450 millones de unidades. Sabemos que tan solo de la PS4 se han comercializado más de 100 millones de unidades y la PlayStation 2 ha vendido más de 150 millones de unidades. El primer sistema también ha vendido más de 100 millones de unidades, mientras que la PlayStation 3 ha vendido más de 80 millones. Estos números no son casualidad, pues Sony estableció una sólida lista de títulos propios además de relaciones fuertes con desarrolladores externos casi de inmediato. Esto ha generado juegos como Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil … [Read more...] about Récord Guinness para PlayStation: es la marca de consolas más vendida
Influencer’s bizarre plot to steal domain name results in hefty jail term
A social media influencer who resorted to extreme measures in a bid to secure a domain name was this week given a 14-year jail term for his efforts. The offender, Rossi Lorathio Adams II, 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, ran a social media company called State Snaps that he founded while a student at Iowa State University in 2015. More than a million people followed his Instagram, Snapchat, and Twitter accounts, which, according to the Department of Justice, “mostly contained images and videos of young adults engaged in crude behavior, drunkenness, and nudity.” The content featured mainly students at Iowa State University, and despite college officials’ protestations, Adams continued uploading material to the accounts. With the sites becoming more popular, Adams decided he wanted to buy the doitforstate.com domain, as “do it for state” had become a popular slogan among his followers. And that’s where the trouble really started. The domain was already … [Read more...] about Influencer’s bizarre plot to steal domain name results in hefty jail term