The cleartext and openly accessible database – said to be at least 11 gigabytes in size – also included names and locations of at least two Special Forces analysts with Top Secret government clearance.
It exposed pay scales, living quarters, and residences of psychologists and other SOCOM healthcare workers.
MacKeeper researcher Chris Vickery found the leaky data store online, reporting it to Potomac Healthcare Solutions. He says the company has fixed the vulnerable system, but did not initially appear to take his warning seriously.
"It is not presently known why an unprotected remote synchronization (rsync) service was active at an IP address tied to Potomac," Vickery says.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 05 2017, @10:19AM
The database contains secret research on how to brick a human brain. It is safe to leave it lying around unprotected since anyone who reads it falls into a coma. All is according to plan.
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Thursday January 05 2017, @11:12AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ienp4J3pW7U [youtube.com]
compiling...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 05 2017, @11:54AM
The Riddle of the Universe and Its Solution [yorku.ca]
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday January 05 2017, @07:37PM
The data is protected by a virus that will kill you if you extract it, but still lets you read all the data to confirm that it's genuine.
Hollywood depresses me sometimes.