Exposed databases are already a security issue, but the newest occurrence cab be specifically injuring for both sex workers and porn site visitors. Security researchers at Condition:Black have found that VTS Media from Barcelona left a database for its camgirl system (comprising websites such as amateur.tv) defenseless for weeks. The trove comprised months of logs for billions of users, comprising their IP addresses, usernames, private chats, viewing habits, and even credentials from failed login efforts. Some account info also escaped for account employees, Condition:Black claimed to the media.
The database, which mostly comprised consumers from Europe, was shut down previous week. It is not clear if any bad actors used the database. A mail to VTS Media came back, so the firm’s stand on the problem is not clear.
As with the exposure of database at 3Fun’s dating platform, the camgirl website exposure is not just a possible security jeopardy. The viewing behaviors can be employed to blackmail users concerned about their more socially traditional peers may learn about their sexual fondness. If there is an upshot, it is that the revelation has disclosed possible privacy problems. Would consumers be comfortable knowing that VTS is keeping log of their private chats? On the other hand the firm has been making employment of that info, the exposure is an alert of what can take place if that info fell into the incorrect hands.
On a related note, a biometrics system employed by banks, defense companies, and UK police has gone through a huge data hack, disclosing the fingerprints of over million users as well as unprotected facial recognition information, passwords, and other personal info. The biometrics lock network controlled by security firm Suprema, Biostar 2, employs facial recognition technology and fingerprints to offer authorizedpeople access to buildings.
