Researchers associated with vpnMentor discovered a data breach involving nearly 28 million records in a BioStar 2 biometric security database belonging to Suprema. "BioStar 2's database was left open, unprotected and unencrypted," vpnMentor said. "After we reached out to them, they were able to close the leak." BioStar 2 is Suprema's Web-based, open, integrated security platform. The vpnMentor team gained access to client admin panels, dashboards, back-end controls and permissions, which ultimately exposed 23 GB of records.28M Records Exposed in Biometric Security Data Breach
Researchers associated with vpnMentor discovered a data breach involving nearly 28 million records in a BioStar 2 biometric security database belonging to Suprema. "BioStar 2's database was left open, unprotected and unencrypted," vpnMentor said. "After we reached out to them, they were able to close the leak." BioStar 2 is Suprema's Web-based, open, integrated security platform. The vpnMentor team gained access to client admin panels, dashboards, back-end controls and permissions, which ultimately exposed 23 GB of records.