Security News > 2017 > March > Sensitive US Air Force data found exposed online (Help Net Security)
2017-03-14 19:23
A misconfigured, unsecured backup drive containing a huge amount of sensitive (but not classified) data on US Air Force officers has been sitting online, accessible to anyone, for who knows how long. The discovery was made by MacKeeper security researchers, who managed to pinpoint the owner of the device – a Lieutenant in the force – and notify him of the danger. The contents of the drive Among the documents on the drive the researchers … More →
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