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Insecure Database Exposes Millions of Private SMS Messages

December 2, 2019

Tens of millions of SMS messages have been found on an unprotected database, putting the private data of hundreds of millions of people in the United States at risk for theft or exposure and leaving a communications company open for potential intrusion, security researchers discovered.

Noam Rotem and Ran Locar from the research team of vpnMentor found the database, which they said belongs to TrueDialog, a U.S.-based communications company, according to a blog post. Based in Austin, Texas, TrueDialog provides bulk SMS services for small businesses, colleges and universities, which means that the majority of the messages were business-related, researchers said.

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