Backup and data recovery company Veeam is thought to have leaked more than 440 million customer email addresses, after security researcher Bob Diachenko found more than 440 million GB of customer records on an exposed database. And, later in the year, a massive spambot of 711 million email addresses, believed to be largest ever, was uncovered last year by a Paris-based researcher. He said the server was not password protected, and the records covered a 2013 to 2017 period from four-year . Veeam took the server offline as soon as it was told about the leak, and said it was investigating. The firm has more than 440 million customers across most of the Fortune 500.
Backup and data recovery company Veeam is thought to have leaked more than 440 million customer email addresses, after security researcher Bob Diachenko found more than 440 million GB of customer records on an exposed database. He said the server was not password protected, and the records covered a 2013 to 2017 period from four-year . Veeam took the server offline as soon as it was told about the leak, and said it was investigating. The firm has more than 440 million customers across most of the Fortune 500.