UpGuard found a cloud-based repository containing data from publicly-listed Alteryx, revealing 3.5 billion fields of sensitive information from 123 million households in the United States.
An Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3 cloud storage bucket containing information from data analytics firm Alteryx has been found publicly exposed, comprising the personal information of 123 million US households.
The S3 bucked, located at the subdomain "alteryxdownload", was found by Californian cybersecurity firm UpGuard, with its Cyber Risk Team discovering the leak on October 6, 2017.
According to UpGuard, exposed within the repository were datasets belonging to Alteryx partners, consumer credit reporting agency Experian, and the US Census Bureau...
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