Exploit: Unsecured Database
Cognyte: Data Analytics Firm
Risk to Business: 1.802= Severe Data analytics company Cognyte warns folks about data exposure from third-party sources, and it had to send one out for itself this week. Researchers discovered an unsecured database operated by Cognyte that left some 5 billion records collected from a range of data incidents exposed online. The stored data is part of Cognyte’s cyber intelligence service, which is used to alert customers to third-party data exposures. The incident is under investigation.
Individual Impact: There has not yet been confirmation that consumer personal or financial information has been compromised in this incident, but the investigation is ongoing.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Proprietary like this is catnip for hackers. It’s both useful for committing future cybercrime and quickly saleable in the busy dark web data markets.
Risk Levels:
1 - 1.5 = Extreme Risk
1.51 - 2.49 = Severe Risk
2.5 - 3 = Moderate Risk
*The risk score is calculated using a formula that considers a wide range of factors related to the assessed breach.
