Web Apps Expose 38 Million Records, Including COVID Tracing Platforms

More than a thousand web apps mistakenly exposed 38 million records on the open Internet, including data from a number of Covid-19 contact tracing platforms, vaccination sign-ups, job application portals, and employee databases. The data included a range of sensitive information, from people’s phone numbers and home addresses to social security numbers and Covid-19 vaccination status.

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