Domain Name Wire Domain registrar Openprovider exposed transfer codes, registrant data in data leak

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Security researchers found 164GB of exposed data from ICANN-accredited registrar, including sensitive domain transfer codes. ICANN-accredited registrar Openprovider accidentally leaked sensitive domain name and customer data, researchers recently discovered. Bob Diachenko, a cybersecurity researcher and owner at Security Discovery, and Cybernews discovered a publicly exposed Elasticsearch instance containing 164GB of data from the registrar. The […]

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That’s a serious breach, transfer codes and registrant data being exposed is no small issue. Hope Openprovider acts fast to secure everything and notify affected users. A reminder to always monitor registrar security closely.