1.5 Billion Files Exposed on Internet Due to server Misconfiguration | Linux Today

1.5 Billion Files Exposed on Internet Due to server Misconfiguration

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Apr 10, 2018

More than 1.5 billion sensitive files exposed online publically that including Patent Application, Payroll, Tax Return, Patient List, Copyright Application and Source Code.

With the data exposed Amazon S3 buckets accounts 7(percent), whereas other file sharing service like SMB (33 percent), rsync (28 percent) and FTP (26 percent) account larger portion of the exposure than the Amazon S3 buckets.

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