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Chinese social media startup leaked 400GB of data from more than 200M users

蘋果日報 2021/01/14 05:30


Chinese social media management company Socialarks has exposed the information of at least 214 million users after a massive data leak from one of its unsecured servers.
Socialarks reportedly scraped the data from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn and stored the information on an Elasticsearch database that had no password protection or encryption, according to internet research group Safety Detectives.
The affected database contained a “huge trove” of sensitive personal information totaling 408 gigabytes and more than 318 million records, said Anurag Sen, head of the Safety Detectives cybersecurity team.
The database contained personally identifiable information of at least 214 million social media users and could be accessed by anyone in possession of the server IP address.
“From the leaked data we discovered, it was possible to determine people’s full names, country of residence, place of work, position, subscriber data and contact information, as well as direct links to their profiles,” the researchers said.
Safety Detectives also noted that Socialarks suffered a similar data breach in August 2020, which led to the data of 150 million social media users being exposed.
On its website, Socialarks said it was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Shenzhen. The company is a “sales service platform for export businesses” that aims to help Chinese export firms get in touch with potential clients and boost sales, it said.
Socialarks has not responded to Apple Daily’s calls and WeChat requests for comment.
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