No1@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 5 months ago12M Aussies personal data leaked - and 1 Billion worldwidecybernews.comexternal-linkmessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: neoluddites@lemmy.todaycybersec@fed.dyne.orgnoticias@lemmy.eco.brdach@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-link12M Aussies personal data leaked - and 1 Billion worldwidecybernews.comNo1@aussie.zone to Australia@aussie.zoneEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square4linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: neoluddites@lemmy.todaycybersec@fed.dyne.orgnoticias@lemmy.eco.brdach@feddit.orgtechnology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.ml
Full names Addresses Post codes Dates of birth National IDs Phone numbers *Genders Email addresses Telco metadata Breach status and social profile annotations Good luck everyone.
minus-squaresys110x@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoIf your house plumbing is leaking, its not a leak to you unless you see it? How do you know it hasn’t been accessed? Thankfully we don’t need to rely on your definition of a data leak: https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/data-leak A data leak happens when an internal party or source exposes sensitive data, usually unintentionally or by accident. This is sensitive data that’s accidentally been exposed on the internet. That is a leak. You are misinformed on what a data leak is.
If your house plumbing is leaking, its not a leak to you unless you see it? How do you know it hasn’t been accessed?
Thankfully we don’t need to rely on your definition of a data leak: https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/data-leak
This is sensitive data that’s accidentally been exposed on the internet. That is a leak. You are misinformed on what a data leak is.