NFL Data Breach: Personal Information Of 1,200 Players Exposed

[DonViejo]

Source: International Business Times




BY AJ DELLINGER ON 10/03/17 AT 4:25 PM

The personal information of more than 1,100 NFL players, including controversial free agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick, was left exposed in an unsecured and publicly accessible database, according to security researchers.

Included in the information, which was hosted in an open Elasticsearch database hosted on a server for NFLPA.com—the website for the NFL Players Association (NFLPA)—was contact information for more than 1,133 NFL players and their agents.

The email addresses, mobile phone numbers, home addresses of agents and players and IP addresses associated with a user when they sign in and access the site were all logged and stored in the exposed database that could be accessed by anyone who knew or came across the URL where it was hosted.

In total, 1,262 email accounts for players and agents were leaked, including 75 email addresses linked to the NFLPA. Information about advisor fee percentages were also included in the database, along with 26,271 IP addresses associated with logins from players and agents.






Read more: http://www.ibtimes.com/nfl-data-breach-personal-information-1200-players-exposed-2596927

[Honeycombe8]

1. I don't understand what kind of database that was. Who put that info in that database? And why? nt

[benh57]

10. Elasticsearch is a nice, fast nosql database

I've used it at several companies. Usually for aggregating server log data. The mention that it contained IP addresses tells me it may have been a logstash instance. They may have used it for indexing other sets of data too as the backend for one of their applications.

https://www.elastic.co/

[C Moon]

2. Gee. What odd timing.

All these data breaches lately, make me think it's related to the 2018 election somehow: getting s.s. #'s, addresses, phone #'s, etc
The GOP is probably scared right now because they aren't doing anything about a VERY unpopular thief who sits in the white house. Plus, the mystery behind what kind of information Mueller has.

[ChazInAz]

8. Suspicious

Too much interconnected monkey business going on.

[Brother Buzz]

3. Even with an iwatch, that data ain't gonna help my hapless team

[defacto7]

4. These unsecured databases on the Internet are getting too common.

I'd imagine it's more than mere accidental oversight. It's starting to show a pattern.

[AngryAmish]

5. NFL players have a bad case of the Mondays.

[radicalliberal]

6. This is what is known as fighting dirty. n/t

[FarPoint]

7. My first thought..

Russian hackers for tRump....since he hates NFL Players this month.

[rockfordfile]

9. That's a helluva coincidence