2017 — Viacom: A mishandling of Viacom's master AWS key has left…
Data compromised
Personal information
Technical writeup
A mishandling of Viacom's master AWS key has left the credentials of hundreds of digital properties, including Comedy Central, Paramount, MTV and other entertainment companies, exposed.On Aug. 30, 2017 UpGuard Director of Cyber Risk Research Chris Vickery spotted a publicly downloadable Amazon Web Services S3 cloud storage bucket containing what appeared to be nothing less than either the primary or backup configuration of Viacom's IT infrastructure.The servers contained the passwords and manife
Root cause
Unintended disclosure