French sporting retail giant Decathlon has become the latest big brand to expose user data via a misconfigured database, leaking over 123 million records including customer and employee information, according to researchers.A team at vpnMentor uncovered the 9GB database on an unsecured Elasticsearch server.

It took action almost immediately, closing down public access to the database on February 17.Decathlon joins a long line of organizations whose cloud security configurations have been found wanting. Copyright © Times Business Solutions (A Division of Times Internet Limited) 2020.French sports retail giant, Decathlon has suffered a massive https://techgig.com/generateHttpWebService-v2.php?tgtype=SAVE_NEWS_READ_LOGS&news_id=74384934&news_title=Decathlon data breach: 120 million records exposed to hackers&news_url=https://content.techgig.com/decathlon-data-breach-120-million-records-exposed-to-hackers/articleshow/74384934.cms&tags=IT Security&ppuserinfo=Take skill tests from 60+ topics and showcase your prowress to employers.Watch Live Webinars on a wide range of topics relevant to the IT industry.Take skill tests from 60+ topics and showcase your prowess to employers. The unsecured database was discovered on February 12. It took action almost immediately, closing down public access to the database on February 17. Already in 2020, vpnMentor has uncovered a leak Decathlon claims that only a small percentage of the data concerns customer data, most of the leaked data is related to its employees. It provides deep analysis of different elements of industries such as trends, policies, and clients operating in several regions. Fermer It has everything that a malicious hacker would, in theory, need to use to take over accounts and gain access to private and even proprietary information,” said vpnMentor.Leaked data included employee usernames, unencrypted passwords and personally identifiable information (PII) including social security numbers, full names, addresses, mobile phone numbers, addresses and birth dates.The leaked data also featured customer email and log-in information, all unencrypted.The vpnMentor team claimed that cyber-criminals could: use administrator log-ins to conduct corporate espionage, bombard customers and employees with convincing phishing emails and use PII to engage in identity fraud.It even argued that some employees could be in physical danger.“Employees’ positions and work locations are spread throughout this database, as well as their own physical home addresses,” Decathlon is claiming that, despite the large number of records contained in the database, only a small percentage relates to actual users.The unsecured database was discovered on February 12, with the company notified four days later. As per IDC Q1 2020 India Server Industry report, Dell Technologies gained the top spot with a revenue share of 36.0% and a total revenue of $71.3 million. Over 320,000 websites affected with critical bugFacebook improves privacy controls; introduces four new featuresWyze Labs breach leaves personal data of 2.4 million users exposedSmartphone users to face high risk of hacking in 2020: Report This site uses cookies so that we can remember you and understand how you interact with our website. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.

Final Report will add the analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on this industry. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Dell Technologies kick started the year 20... The unsecured database was discovered on February 12, with the company notified four days later. Pick any Skill to Practice from a wide range of options available. It contained information from Decathlon’s Spanish, and potentially also its UK, businesses.“The leaked Decathlon Spain database contains a veritable treasure trove of employee data and more. This allows us to improve and customize your browsing experience.