"Massive Leak Exposes Data on 123 Million US Households"

Security researchers at UpGuard revealed that information on 123 million American households was leaked as a result of an unsecured cloud-based data repository from marketing analytics company Alteryx. The Alteryx database exposed a variety of different information on US households such as home addresses, contact information, financial information, and much more. This article further discusses the details of this database breach in relation to the types of information leaked, how this information could be misused, the agency that this data belongs to, and the response to this discovery.

CNET reports "Massive Leak Exposes Data on 123 Million US Households"