Google leaks personal information of 283,000 registered domains

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Technology â€¢ Today 5:52PM FOLLOW STORY OUR SOURCES FOR THIS STORY Epic Google snafu leaks hidden whois data for 280,000 domains http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/03/epic-google-snafu-leaks-hidden-whois-â€¦ Talos Discovery Spotlight: Hundreds of Thousands of Google Apps Domaâ€¦ http://blogs.cisco.com/security/talos/whoisdisclosure Google was accidentally leaking some of its Google Apps for Business customers' domain name data for more than a year. The data, known as WHOIS data, generally consists of the name, address, phone number, and email address of the person who registers a website. Researchers at Cisco discovered that Google was accidentally leaking this data from Google Apps for Business customers who elected to keep this information private. The obvious risk here is that some of these individuals who have been unmasked may now be in some form of danger as a result of their connection with the domain registrationâ€¦ For example, sending targeted spear phish emails containing the victim's name, address, and phone number to make the phish seem even more authentic. - Cisco researchers Google on March 13 apologized for the incident, which was caused by a software bug that was fixed in February. Cisco noted that the WHOIS data leaked from mid-2013 until Feb. 24 when Google fixed the bug. According to Cisco, 282,867 domains were affected by the bug. Google leaks personal information of 283,000 registered domains Follow to get story updates GET THE APP OPEN STORY IN APP Basics of WHOIS | ICANN WHOIS http://whois.icann.org/en/basics-whois F U R T H E R R E A D I N G ABOUT HELP 2015 Â© CIRCA 1605, INC. PRIVACY POLICY Â· TERMS OF SERVICE PlayStop ï‚™ FOLLOW @CIRCA ï‚š LIKE US â— â— â— â—