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Exploit: Unauthorized Database Access
ST Engineering: Web Development Firm
Risk to Small Business: 1.272 = Extreme A security breach at this Texas-based web development company led to the exposure of hundreds of thousands of potentially sensitive files from U.S. police departments. Dubbed “BlueLeaks”, this massive data breach contained 270 gigabytes of information going back 24 years, from August 1996 through June 19, 2020. Files contained names, email addresses, phone numbers, PDF documents, images, and video, CSV, and ZIP files related to criminal investigations. Some of these files also contained sensitive financial information as well as personally identifiable information and images of suspects from law enforcement and government agency reports.
Individual Risk: 1.405 = Extreme While there is no estimation of how many individual records were exposed, anyone who suspects that their information may have been affected should monitor their personal and financial accounts for potential fraud and beware of spear phishing attempts.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: One compromised credential can lead to a data breach that has a devastating impact on any business, destroying the trust that partners have in a company’s commitment to making and maintaining secure, high-quality software -especially when it’s intended to handle sensitive information.
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.
