News Insights: U.S. birth certificate details left online – TechCrunch
U.S. birth certificate details left online – TechCrunch
An online company that allows users to obtain a copy of their birth and death certificates from U.S. state governments has exposed a massive cache of applications â including their personal information. More than 752,000 applications for copies of birth certificates were found on an Amazon Web Servâ¦
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Warren Poschman, senior solutions architect at comforte AG, had this reaction:
“As 2019 closes, Identity theft continues to spread like a western wildfire that seemingly can’t be extinguished, indiscriminately consuming everything in its path. In the search for answers, data exposures like those found by Fidus have a common spark that stokes the virtual and real wildfires: carelessness. Service providers and processors need to wake up to the reality that data needs to be protected in a data-centric fashion to eliminate the risks of having a lapse or lack of due diligence. Adopting a data-centric protection model ensures that data is protected anywhere it is stored, moved, shared, or used and is the only true firebreak that can quench identity theft.”
Hugh Taylor
Hugh Taylor is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM). In addition to editing Journal of Cyber Policy, he writes about cybersecurity, compliance and enterprise technology for such clients as Microsoft, IBM, SAP, HPE, Oracle, Google and Advanced Micro Devices. Prior to launching his freelance writing career, he served in executive roles at Microsoft, IBM and several venture-backed technology startups.