HonestinSite.com

In July 2020 a marketing focused web resource known as Honest Institute suffered a significant data exposure. The incident involved the publication of a database containing approximately 150000 records. The breach is particularly severe because sensitive user information including full names email addresses phone numbers physical addresses and socioeconomic details such as relationship status presence of children and income levels were exposed. Most critically user passwords were stored and leaked in plain text format making them immediately accessible to unauthorized actors. The data appears to have been leaked from a misconfigured or compromised database server allowing for the exfiltration of comprehensive user profiles used for marketing analysis.