Cybersecurity researchers find The Internet Society unsecure data

Cybersecurity researchers find The Internet Society unsecure data

https://thecyberwire.com/newsletters/privacy-briefing/4/33

Exploit: Misconfiguration
The Internet Society (ISOC): Non-Profit

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Risk to Business: 2.776 = Moderate

Cybersecurity researchers recently announced the discovery of a trove of information belonging to ISOC in an unsecured Microsoft Azure blob. The blob was reported to contain contained millions of files with personal and login details belonging to ISOC members. ISOC has secured the blob but there’s no telling how long that data was exposed for or who may have seen it.

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Risk to Business: 1.282= Moderate

The member data exposed includes members’ full names, preferred language, the account ID, donation history, login credentials, social media tokens, email and street addresses, genders and similar personal information.

Customers Impacted: Unknown
How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Human error aka employee negligence is the biggest cause of a data breach because it’s what makes things like this happen.

Risk Levels:
1 - 1.5 = Extreme Risk
1.51 - 2.49 = Severe Risk
2.5 - 3 = Moderate Risk

*The risk score is calculated using a formula that considers a wide range of factors related to the assessed breach.