first reported. Some users' login information, including usernames, passwords, and PINs, were also exposed. Phone bills affected by the exposure included those from subscribers of AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, which were in Sprint's possession because of a promotion in which Sprint compared its prices to users' current cell plans.
It's not clear whether hackers accessed the data while it was exposed. Sprint did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment, but a Sprint spokesperson told TechCrunch that "the error has been corrected." The server was owned by a third-party contractor working with Sprint, and was hosting phone bills of users switching from other cell providers to Sprint. That third-party contractor was marketing firm Deardorff Communications, president Jeff Deardorff confirmed toData exposures are a fairly common security risk in the realm of cloud storage.
"Cloud data storage systems are inherently dangerous ... safely leveraging cloud databases requires very specific, robust operating standards," Kelly White, CEO of cyber risk software company RiskRecon, told Business Insider. "Even if an organization chooses to not leverage certain cloud database technologies due to their inherent hazard, it is certainly the case that their third-parties do.
As such, if you're a Sprint customer or someone who considered switching to Sprint, the simplest way to find out if you're affected is toIf you aren't a Sprint customer and never participated in a Sprint promotion to compare your phone bill to Sprint's prices, you're most likely unaffected by the exposure.SEE ALSO:
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