Before I took a nap this afternoon, I read a story about 1.5 billion records including famous people that you and I may know of.
A dataleak is more than likely accidental and is not considered a breach. This may happen when someone comes across a database that was more than likely put on the Internet by accident, whether negligently or not.
The first paragraph coming from this Hackreads article says:
From Elon Musk and Kylie Jenner to Britney Spears, Donald J. Trump, and Floyd Mayweather, real estate records of top celebrities and common homeowners were exposed online without any security authentication or password.
Skipping some, the article says:
With a size of 1.16 TB (1,523,776,691 records in total), the database featured organized folders containing information on property owners, sellers, investors, and internal user logging data. It encompassed daily logging records spanning from 4/22/23 to 10/23/23, revealing internal user search data.
The article goes on to talk about who was potentially in the database that was exposed, and we’ll let you read that on your own. Let’s just say that well known names including Donald Trump and Elon Musk are in there, and the company named Real Estate wealth Network was founded in 1993.
Since the database is 1.16TB, this is a large file, but not as large as some other files.
The online exposure of celebrities’ home addresses could pose various risks, including threats to their safety, invasion of privacy, stalking, and harassment by fans or malicious individuals.
This is why we are not going to add to this, although it is public. It serves me no value.
They must take after me though, as my computer itself is nicely organized. I know where everything is, and it makes sense to me. That paragraph within the article says:
“The data was organized in various folders according to property history, motivated sellers, bankruptcy, divorce, tax liens, foreclosure, home owner association (HOA) liens, inheritance, court judgments, obituary (death), vacant properties, and more,” VPNMentor’s blog post read.
Although the exposed database has been secured from public access, a representative from Real Estate Wealth Network has confirmed ownership. The duration of the exposure and potential unauthorized access remain unclear. Only an internal forensic audit could ascertain whether the records were accessed, extracted, or downloaded.
To read the full article, please read Data Leak Exposes 1.5 Billion Real Estate Records, Including Elon Musk, Kylie Jenner which comes from Hack Read.
Thanks for reading, make it a great day!