- May 4, 2019
- 801
- Content source
- https://www.hackread.com/leaky-server-mastodon-users-data/
This means that anyone with knowledge of exploring the Shodan search engine can access the information without the need for login credentials.
It is worth noting that the exposed server belongs to a third party and is not affiliated with any of the official Mastodon servers.
This was exclusively confirmed to Hackread.com by Anurag Sen, a prominent independent security researcher known for identifying misconfigured databases and cloud servers.
Leaky Server Exposing Scraped Data of 150,000 Mastodon Users
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