Vickery found a Verizon database set up for public access with no password or other form of verification.
The database contains enormous amounts of data and metadata for DVR, VOD, and Fios Hydra services, as well as private Verizon encryption and authentication keys (PSKs), access tokens, and password hashes.
Vickery quickly notified Verizon about the cybersecurity vulnerability after seeing the incorrectly configured database.
The alert was instantly raised, but it took the corporation weeks to fix the problem.
Verizon's data was offered for sale on a darknet forum for $100,000. Additionally, the crooks sold details on the firm's cybersecurity weaknesses.
Source: https://mackeeper.com/blog/data-breach-reports-2016/
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"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"