Massive data breach exposes ages, addresses, income on 80 million U.S. families


Update: Microsoft issued the following statement: "We notified the owner of the database and it is no longer publicly accessible." The owner of the database was not identified. It is scary enough that a team of Israeli security researchers discovered a massive unprotected database with the full names, ages, income brackets and marital status on more than 80 million U.S. households. It may be just as scary that the researchers can’t identify the owner of this database, which is hosted by a Microsoft cloud server and includes a cache of 24GB of data, a potential goldmine for cybercriminals.-- More...

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