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How to Deal With This TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Data Breach – Lifehacker Australia
An improperly-secured cloud database has exposed personal information for over 235 million TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts. The Hong Kong-based company Social Data was unknowingly storing the data in a database without proper password protection, meani…
An improperly-secured cloud database has exposed personal information for over 235 million TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts. The Hong Kong-based company Social Data was unknowingly storing the data in a database without proper password protection, meaning anyone could pop in and see it. Ugh.
Cybersecurity firm Comparitech found and disclosed the vulnerability, which Social Data immediately fixed but others with less altruistic intentions may have found it as well.
Comparitech says the da…
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