https://therecord.media/8-3-million-plaintext-passwords-exposed-in-dailyquiz-data-breach/
Exploit: Hacking
DailyQuiz: Entertainment App
Risk to Business: 1.655= Severe The personal details of 13 million DailyQuiz users have been leaked online after a hacker breached the app developer’s database. Millions of user passwords were stored in that database unsafely in a plain text format and were subsequently stolen. Researchers recently discovered that the DailyQuiz database was up for sale in dark web data markets.
Individual Risk: 2.711= Moderate Users should be aware that their passwords have been compromised and change any accounts that share that password as well as updating their DailyQuiz accounts.
Customers Impacted: 13 million
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Weak password storage is symptomatic of low cybersecurity safety standards and shows clients that you don’t take their data privacy seriously.
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.
