Report: Over 42 million records exposed by local government technology platform for civic engagement

Massive GovTech breach leaks 42 million documents — including thousands packed with personal information

CitySourced kept an open database available to anyone with a browser

Report: Over 42 million records exposed by local government technology platform for civic engagement

A cybersecurity researcher found millions of files exposed in a database tied to CitySourced, a civic engagement platform used by local governments.

Report: Over 42 million records exposed by local government technology platform for civic engagement | #hacking | #cybersecurity | #infosec | #comptia | #pentest | #ransomware - National Cyber Security Consulting

A cybersecurity researcher reported finding an exposed database tied to a civic engagement platform used by local governments that contained about 42 million documents and nearly 450,000 files with information collected by cities and their residents. The researcher, Jeremiah Fowler, published a report on ExpressVPN on Thursday that claimed a publicly accessible database associated with […] Thank you for subscribing to our RSS feed!