- Aug 6, 2015
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Thousands of Britons are exposed to cyber crime after the content of their PC was exposed on the Internet by Shodan, a website dubbed the “Google for hackers.”
The leaked data includes medical records, photographs, medical records and other sensitive documents that can be easily downloaded from the site. According to a Mail on Sunday investigation, the data was raked because of security holes in hard drives used by victims to archive the information or back up them.
Security experts speculate that millions of Britons and UK firms are at risk of being hacked because the populer Shodan website provides information about their web-connected storage devices.
By using the powerful Shodan search engine, hackers can easily locate the flawed devices and download sensitive information...
The leaked data includes medical records, photographs, medical records and other sensitive documents that can be easily downloaded from the site. According to a Mail on Sunday investigation, the data was raked because of security holes in hard drives used by victims to archive the information or back up them.
Security experts speculate that millions of Britons and UK firms are at risk of being hacked because the populer Shodan website provides information about their web-connected storage devices.
By using the powerful Shodan search engine, hackers can easily locate the flawed devices and download sensitive information...
