Fujitsu spilled client data, passwords into the open

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Fujitsu spilled private AWS keys, client data and plaintext passwords out into the open, unnoticed, for nearly a year according to a security researcher with the Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure.

Jelle Ursem told The Stack that the multinational had exposed a public Microsoft Azure storage bucket to anyone who encountered it (as he did) that was full of private data. The bucket, named “fjbackup” included:

  • A full mailbox backup (thousands of emails) holding sensitive data.
  • Extensive details on client activity and teams
  • A CSV file of passwords pulled from password manager LastPass
  • Scores of Microsoft OneNote files “with everything you need to know” about customers including Centrica and Dutch water utility PWN, which serves 1.7 million customers; among many others

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  • Edward Targett

    Ed is a co-founder of The Stack. He previously edited Computer Business Review. He has also covered energy markets. He started his journalism career on local papers. He left school at 15 and has made a living asking "but why?" ever since.