Data of 14 Million Verizon Customers Exposed in Server Snafu

[Solarquest]

Sensitive data for around 14 million Verizon customers was exposed online because a third-party contractor forgot to limit external access to an Amazon S3 server.

UpGuard, a cyber-security company that discovered the leak, says the server belongs to NICE Systems, an Israeli tech company involved in supplying mass surveillance capabilities to oppressive regimes [1, 2], but also software for back-office and call center operations.

Exposed server contained Verizon call center logs
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So the question should be asked - why was Verizon's data in the hands of an intelligence contractor to begin with?

When is the class action starting?