Researchers have discovered a massive data breach at broker People Data Labs (PDL) involving more than 170 million records of sensitive information available online.
A large data breach was discovered containing more than 170 million records, including names, phone numbers, email addresses, locations, professional resumes, educational history and employment history. The data was accessed through an unsecured Elasticsearch server that was not directly linked to the company, suggesting possible third-party involvement.
People Data Labs (PDL) is a data broker headquartered in San Francisco that collects and sells information on more than 1.5 billion people for marketing, recruiting and data processing. The company already suffered a major data breach in 2019, and the current incident is likely related to similar security issues.
PDL has already suffered a massive data breach in 2019, when more than a billion records were published online due to a similar issue with an unsecured server. Although there is no confirmation of responsibility for the leak, this incident undermines the reputation of data brokers, putting the privacy of personal information of millions of users at risk.
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