The database exposed, has more than 33 million records along with unique e-mail addresses and information related to the thousands of company employees which includes a large fraction of US corporate population.
The business services giant Dun and Bradstreet assured that they own the database which they gained as a part of 2015 deal to buy NetProspex for $125 million.
The data includes dozens of information that is private as well as corporate data. It is used for marketers who directly target their own e-mail campaigns and through other interactions methods for current and future customers.
A breach notification site ‘’ Have I been pwned’’ runner Troy Hunt analyzed these records and said, ‘’ The breakdown was entirely US-focused, with California as the most represented demographic with over four million records, then New York with 2.7 million records and Texas with 2.6 million records.’’
Hunt’s analysis revealed that the department of defense is the leading group with 101,013 employee records, followed by US postal service with 88,153 employee records along with US Army, Air Force and department of veteran affairs with combined 76,379 records. Also, AT&T, Boeing, Dell, FedEx, IBM and Xerox were among the top named companies in database with thousands of employee records.
