Facebook dips on report that user records were exposed on Amazon cloud servers
Researchers at cybersecurity firm UpGuard claim to have found the records of millions of Facebook users in publicly accessible places on Amazon's cloud servers.
Facebook stock dipped about 1 percent on the report and ended the day slightly negative. Amazon was off its session highs but still up about 0.4 percent by Wednesday's close. "[AWS] S3 buckets usually have a name," said UpGuard's vice president of product Greg Pollock."In this case, the names were Yeti DB and the other one was CC Data Lake. If you guessed those names and have access to a browser, that's how easy it is."
In a statement, Amazon noted that certain security safeguards of AWS can be overridden by customers, such as the app makers in this case:
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Hundreds of millions of Facebook records exposed on Amazon cloud serversA vast collection of data on Facebook users was exposed to the public until recently on Amazon's cloud computing servers, researchers have found.
Read more »
Facebook dips on report that user records were exposed on Amazon cloud serversResearchers from the cybersecurity firm UpGuard found that Facebook user account information was exposed on Amazon cloud servers.
Read more »
Amazon Web Services to open Latin America computer center in ColombiaAmazon Web Services (AWS), a unit of Amazon.com Inc, said on Thursday it will op...
Read more »
Amazon Web Services to open infrastructure location in ColombiaAmazon Web Services (AWS), a unit of Amazon.com Inc, said on Thursday it will op...
Read more »
The 30 hottest companies of the year, according to LinkedInLinkedIn analyzed the companies most Americans want to work for, based on search interest, job demand and employee retention.
Read more »
Millions of sensitive Facebook user records were left exposed on public web, security researchers sayMore than 540 million Facebook records -- including users' comments, likes, account names and more -- were left exposed on an Amazon cloud-computing server, researchers discovered on Wednesday, marking the latest major privacy and security mishap to plague the social-networking giant.
Read more »
Amazon to create 800 new jobs as its expands Austin Tech HubAmazon.com Inc. said Thursday it plans to create 800 new jobs in Austin, as it expands its Austin Tech Hub. The new jobs will be in fields including software...
Read more »
34 Last Minute Bridal Shower Gifts You Can Get On AmazonSomeday your procrastination will bite you in the butt — today is NOT that day.
Read more »
Amazon expands in Austin with 800 new tech jobsAmazon will create 800 new tech jobs in Austin, which is its first significant corporate expansion since it canceled plans to build a second headquarters in New York's Long Island City neighborhood.
Read more »
Disney, AT&T and Comcast v Netflix, Amazon and AppleIn the entertainment wars, billions of dollars are being torched. Someone will get hurt
Read more »