1.37 billion records leak after spammers forgot to password-protect backups

Nearly 1.4 billion people are affected by a database records leak caused by spamming group River City Media (RCM) forgetting to password-protect their backups.

Last week, MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery promised a “1.4 billion identity leak story” would be made public on Monday. The actual number of people affected – 1,374,159,612 – is slightly lower than that, but is nothing to scoff at.

Teaser screenshot of that DB's summary data: pic.twitter.com/PEnpJbDZRt

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