7-505: DataSpii (pronounced data-spy ) is a leak that directly compromised the private data of as many as 4 million Chrome and Firefox users via at least eight browser extensions . The eight browser extensions included Hover Zoom, SpeakIt!, SuperZoom, SaveFrom.net Helper, FairShare Unlock, PanelMeasurement, Branded Surveys, and Panel Community Surveys. The private data included personally identifiable information (PII), corporate information (CI), and government information (GI). DataSpii impacted
14-654: A marketing intelligence company which described itself as "god mode for the internet." Both paid and free-trial members of NA were provided access to the leaked data. Upon signing up for NA membership, members were then provided access to the data via a Google Analytics account. DataSpii leaked un-redacted information related to medical records, tax returns, GPS location, travel itinerary, genealogy, usernames, passwords, credit cards, genetic profiles, company memos, employee tasks, API keys, proprietary source code, LAN environment, firewall access codes, proprietary secrets, operational materials, and zero-day vulnerabilities. DataSpii
21-498: A musical album is leaked if it has been made available to the public on the Internet before its official release date. Source code leaks are usually caused by misconfiguration of software like CVS or FTP which allow people to get source files through exploits, software bugs , or employees that have access to the sources or part of them revealing the code in order to harm the company. There were many cases of source code leaks in
28-458: The Pentagon, Zoom , Bank of America, Sony, Kaiser Permanente, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Symantec, FireEye, Trend Micro , Boeing, SpaceX , and Palo Alto Networks. Highly sensitive information (e.g., private network topology) associated with these corporations and agencies was intercepted and sent to foreign-owned entities. The data was made publicly available via Nacho Analytics (NA),
35-452: The history of software development. Sometimes software developers themselves will intentionally leak their source code in an effort to prevent a software product from becoming abandonware after it has reached its end-of-life , allowing the community to continue development and support. Reasons for leaking instead of a proper release to public domain or as open-source can include scattered or lost intellectual property rights . An example
42-409: The interviews, the impacted users did not consent to such collection. Internet leak An internet leak is the unauthorized release of information over the internet . Various types of information and data can be, and have been, "leaked" to the Internet, the most common being personal information, computer software and source code , and artistic works such as books or albums . For example,
49-517: Was discovered and elucidated by cybersecurity researcher Sam Jadali . By requesting data for a single domain via the NA service, Jadali was able to observe what staff members at thousands of companies were working on in near real-time. The NA website stated it collected data from millions of opt-in users. Jadali, along with journalists from Ars Technica and The Washington Post, interviewed impacted users, including individuals and major corporations. According to
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