VerticalScope Inc.

Verticalscope platform suffered a data security breach that leaked more than 45 Million passwords from 1,000 Sites.

The compromised information included, usernames, passwords, email addresses, and IP addresses of people.

Verticalscope investigated the incident and restored the Passwords from various encryption methods.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/45-million-records-from-over-1100-verticalscope-com-domains-and-communities-hacked-and-leaked/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/verticalscope-inc-

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"linkid": "verticalscope-inc-",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

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                        'industry': 'Technology',
                        'name': 'Verticalscope',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '45 Million',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['email addresses',
                                                         'IP addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['usernames',
                                              'passwords',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'IP addresses']},
 'description': 'Verticalscope platform suffered a data security breach that '
                'leaked more than 45 Million passwords from 1,000 Sites. The '
                'compromised information included usernames, passwords, email '
                'addresses, and IP addresses of people. Verticalscope '
                'investigated the incident and restored the Passwords from '
                'various encryption methods.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['usernames',
                                 'passwords',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'IP addresses']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Restored the Passwords from various '
                                       'encryption methods']},
 'title': 'Verticalscope Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}