June 2018 - Vinny Troia

The Exactis data breach: Paving the road to data dystopia

Have you heard yet about the Exactis data breach? Discovered by security researcher Vinny Troia, with 340 million records exposed, this one looks ugly.

Exactis Data Leak Bigger Than Equifax – 230m Citizens Exposed

Marketing data firm left its massive database open to the Internet. Security researcher Vinny Troia of Night Lion Security discovered the database.

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Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database With 340 Million Records

You’ve probably never heard of Exactis. But it may well have heard of you. And now there’s also a good chance that whatever information the company has about you, it recently leaked onto the public internet, available to any hacker who simply knew where to look.

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