I know what you leased last summer: Asset database leak hits Capita, Rolls-Royce, Tesco (every little helps, eh?)

I know what you leased last summer: Asset database leak hits Capita, Rolls-Royce, Tesco (every little helps, eh?)

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Leasing outfit's leaky database exposes big names


A leasing company left a poorly secured database facing the open internet for anyone to find and freely access – and it contained records on assets used by big names, such as Samsung, Rolls-Royce, Tesco, Computacenter, Link Group, Capita, Freightliner, and MC Group, we're told.


The team at TurgenSec informed El Reg over the weekend it found the publicly accessible data cache, operated by an outfit called LeaseSolution, and privately tipped off the firm. The database has since vanished from view. It's not yet clear if the security blunder has been or will need to be reported to the UK's Information Commissioner.


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