Security News > 2023 > July > VirusTotal Data Leak Exposes Some Registered Customers' Details

Data associated with a subset of registered customers of VirusTotal, including their names and email addresses, have leaked on the internet.

The security incident, which comprises a database of 5,600 names in a 313KB file, was first disclosed by Der Spiegel and Der Standard yesterday.

When reached for comment, Google confirmed the leak and said it took immediate steps to remove the data.

"We are aware of the unintentional distribution of a small segment of customer group administrator emails and organization names by one of our employees on the VirusTotal platform," a Google Cloud spokesperson told The Hacker News.

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Included among them are accounts linked to official U.S. bodies such as the Cyber Command, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Security Agency.

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https://thehackernews.com/2023/07/virustotal-data-leak-exposes-some.html