"Digital Point's Unsecured Database Exposed Records of Over 800,000 Users"

An Elasticsearch database belonging to Digital Point, the world's largest webmaster forum and marketplace for web services, was discovered to be left online without password protection. The unprotected database contained more than 62 million records belonging to over 800,000 Digital Point users. These records included emails, names, internal ID numbers, user posts, and more. According to the researchers who made the discovery, an attacker could have edited, downloaded, or deleted this data without administrative credentials. A recent study conducted by Comparitech found that cybercriminals attacked unsecured databases 18 times in a single day. These findings further highlight the importance of securing databases. This article continues to discuss the discovery of Digital Point's unprotected database and the risks associated with unsecured databases. 

CISO MAG reports "Digital Point's Unsecured Database Exposed Records of Over 800,000 Users"