PeopleOrgInstance

A significant data breach involving PeopleDataLabs surfaced when an unprotected Elasticsearch server was discovered containing a massive collection of profile information. The incident exposed a large database containing nearly three billion records. The data originated from a technical data enrichment company and was left accessible on the public internet without any authentication requirements. The exposure included detailed professional and personal profiles of individuals across various sectors. Security researchers identified that the server was not owned by the company itself but rather by a customer or a third party that had aggregated the data for their own purposes.