Over 9 million facial recognition images leaked in major breach at reverse image search and identity verification service

Over 9 million facial recognition images leaked in major breach at reverse image search and identity verification service

Researcher inds ClarityCheck’s exposed 450GB database with 9M+ user imagesLeak included faces, profiles, and photos, risking identity theft and phishing abuseCompany secured access quickly; no evidence of dark web distribution or misuse so farAn online reverse-lookup platform has inadvertently leaked millions of faces on the internet, putting people at risk of identity theft, phishing, and more, experts have warned.Jeremiah Fowler, a cybersecuri…

9 million images of people’s faces exposed by reverse lookup service

Researcher Jeremiah Fowler found a cloud database containing more than 9 million image files accessible without authentication, WIRED reports. The leaky bucket, containing some 450 GB of images, was traced back to a US-registered company called ClarityCheck. In their own words, ClarityCheck says: “Use reverse image search to identify anyone in a photo. Find names, social profiles, and online presence in seconds.” While ClarityCheck says it does…

Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People's Faces

Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler found that people-search service ClarityCheck left more than 9 million image files accessible in an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, despite advertising its reverse-image search as "private and secure." A separate misconfiguration also exposed email addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information. Wired reports: Overall, according to findings from independent security researcher Jeremiah Fowler, the expose…