Seattle- based Wyze alleged of data breach: Unpaired all devices from Google Assistant and Alexa
Seattle-based smart home appliance maker Wyze, which is popular for selling its products cheaper than its competitors, has been accused of a data breach and trafficking the data to Alibaba Cloud servers in China. In response to the alleged data breach against its production database, Wyze logged outfits users out of their accounts and has strengthened security for its servers. "Customers endured a lengthy reauthentication process as the company responded to a series of reports claiming that the company stored sensitive information about people's security cameras, local networks, and email addresses in exposed databases.", Texas-based Twelve Security, a self-described "boutique" consulting firm, claimed of a data breach against Wyze's two Elasticsearch databases on Medium yesterday. The data has come from 2.4 million users from the United States, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, and parts of Malaysia.
Jan-3-2020, 04:31:42 GMT
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