Things aren’t looking so good in the WWE security department right now. It’s being reported by Forbes that Bob Dyachenko of security firm Kromtech recently uncovered a WWE database that contained the personal information of over 3 million wrestling fans.
Anyone who had access to the URL would have been able to obtain personal information including e-mail addresses, birthdates, ethnicity, genders, age and more. According to the report, the information was sitting on an Amazon Web Services S3 server which could have been accessed by anyone without username or password protection.
Bob Dyachenko made WWE aware of the data leak, and the database has since been moved. WWE released the following statement in response to the leaks:
“Although no credit card or password information was included, and therefore not at risk, WWE is investigating a vulnerability of a database housed on Amazon Web Services (AWS), which has now been secured. WWE utilizes leading cybersecurity firms Smartronix and Praetorian to manage data infrastructure and cybersecurity and to conduct regular security audits on AWS. We are currently working with Amazon Web Services, Smartronix and Praetorian to ensure the ongoing security of our customer information.”
It’s unclear what branch of WWE the database came from, but it’s been speculated that it likely had something to do with the marketing department as the information was accompanied by social media tracking data.
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