I saw this in an email from Kim yesterday, but didn’t read it mainly because I was involved in other things, then got tired.
That’s not an excuse though, and so I saw thi also on today’s newsletter. This can’t be good, because according to what you’re about to read, this was an open database that was found.
When I first saw open databases, I first thought that it would be a one-off thing, maybe an occasional mistake, but this seems too common now.
This is a company called MC2 Data who has not yet responded to the breach claims yet.
This is a developing story which could affec 2,300,000 plus people which could be one-third of the U.S.
The personal data that was left out in the open include:
- Names
- Email addresses
- IP addresses
- Encrypted passwords
- Partial payment information
- Home addresses
- Birth dates
- Phone numbers
- Property records
- Legal records
- Family, relative and neighbor data
- Employment histories
Besides Incogni which Kim has talked about here in this article, The Cyberwire is advertising Delet Me which does the same thing.
Seems though they only remove your stuff from Google,
If you find it different, let us know. They’re more expensive than incogni, as the Incogni full price is $159 for the year, but they seem to have a two year plan which could in fact be comprible to what Incogni offers.
Kim’s article is titled Massive data leak impacts one-third of the US population which should be read if you’re in the U.S.
Thanks for reading!