A huge database of 191 million us citizens is uncovered. Dec 28, 2015 an independent computer security researcher uncovered a database of information on 191 million voters that is exposed on the internet due to an incorrectly configured database, he said on monday. Dec 29, 2015 the database includes names, addresses, birth dates, party affiliations, phone numbers and emails of voters in all 50 u. Dec 29, 2015 191 million us voter registration records leaked in giant mystery database. Dec 28, 2015 a whitehat hacker has uncovered a database sitting on the web containing various pieces of personal information related to 191 million american citizens registered to vote. But no one knows who carelessly left it open, whilst the fbi have been contacted. Top 10 biggest government data breaches of all time in the u.
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Vickery, a tech support specialist from austin, texas, said he found the information while looking for information exposed on the web in a bid to. A misconfigured database has apparently resulted in the leak of data of 191,337,174 american voters, databreaches reported this. This report includes some of the results of an investigation by vickery, and steve ragan of salted hash. But this is not the first time when the database of american voters has been leaked online. Some 191,337,174 million united states voters full names, home addresses, unique voter ids, dates of birth and phone numbers were exposed last week due to a misconfigured database the database was discovered by security researcher chris vickery, who was able to access over 191 million americans personal information that was sitting in the open for just about anyone to view. This database contains information about 191 million us citizens including their personal information. Vickery is the same security researcher who discovered over 191 million voter records stored in an. Chris vickery, who shared his findings on, disclosed the trove of voter data, which includes names, home addresses, voter ids, phone numbers, and birth.
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