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Breach Record

Peak Design

DISCLOSED 2024-06-04 · MISCONFIG · 500,000 RECORDS EXPOSED

Peak Design accidentally leaked about half a million client records spanning ten years. The exposure occurred during a data migration when the information was temporarily left without password protection. The leak was discovered by a security researcher.

The record

What we know

Disclosed
2024-06-04
Attack vector
Misconfig
Records exposed
500,000
Data classes exposed
client data
ColdRecon assessment

Could a positive-security control have prevented this?

Verdict · would prevent · opinion

A positive-security model that enforces access controls and rejects unauthorized exposure would have prevented this misconfiguration by ensuring the data was never publicly accessible without authentication.

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Sources

Cited reporting

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