"Unsecured Survey Database Exposes Info of 8 Million People"

An independent security researcher, named Sanyam Jain, discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch database, which exposed personal information belonging to 8 million people who have responded to online surveys, entered sweepstakes, and requested free product samples. The information exposed by this database included full names, home addresses, email addresses, IP addresses, phone numbers, and more. A performance-based marketing company, named Ifficient, was found to be the owner of the database. This article continues to discuss the discovery of the unsecured database, what information was exposed, and Ifficient's response to this discovery. 

Bleeping Computer reports "Unsecured Survey Database Exposes Info of 8 Million People"