2.8 million records belonging to CenturyLink Inc. clients got compromised due to an unprotected database stored in the cloud.
There were names, emails, phone numbers, addresses, CenturyLink account numbers, notification logs and conversation logs among the breached details.
The misconfigured MongoDB database was secured by the communications company two days after they learned about the exposure. The database was indexed in November last year, which means it was accessible for 10 months as the company became aware in September this year.
MongoDB is keen for receiving attention:
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