Massive data leak: 200 billion files exposed in cloud buckets

From documents and credentials to source code and internal backups – billions of files are leaking due to misconfigured cloud storage buckets.

Cyble, a cybersecurity company specializing in dark web monitoring and threat intelligence, said its vulnerability search tool has detected more than 660,000 exposed buckets and 200 billion leaking files across seven major cloud providers.

Filtering the data for just three sensitive data types – credentials, source code, and confidential files – yielded millions of compromised files.

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