Unsecured database containing 188 million personal records discovered online

Nicholas Fearn
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Yet another trove of unsecured personal data uncovered - this time containing information from data brokers Pipl.com and LexisNexis

Yet another unsecured database containing personal information - this time the records of 188 million people - has been uncovered online.  That's according to an investigation conducted by Compa...

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