Vibetech Database Exposes 13.7M Records Including Assortment of Old Breaches
An unprotected database linked to Vibetech, an India-based AI and IT services firm, left 13.7 million records exposed online with no password or authentication required. The data included credentials and sensitive information drawn from previous breaches, discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler.
Why this matters: This is a compounding problem. People whose data was caught in old breaches now find that data sitting in a second, unprotected place they never consented to. Vibetech was apparently storing breach data without locking the door. That makes bad situations worse for real people whose credentials are now easier to find and use. When a company collects sensitive data, even secondhand, it takes on responsibility for protecting it. An open database with no password is not a technicality. It is a choice.
Who should care: Cybersecurity · Privacy officers · Administrators · General readers · AI governance · Policy
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