Bergen Logistics, a New Jersey-based company exposed its database back in December 2020 but Lolz when alerted about the incident.
Recently, the IT security researchers at Website Planet uncovered an exposed database belonging to Bergen Logistics that stored 467,979 records all relevant to their shipments and customers.
This means that any clients that conducted business with Bergen or anyone who received a package from Bergen within the USA, could possibly be affected by this data leak.
Bergen Logistics is a market-leading order fulfillment provider, meaning it stores, picks, packs and delivers clients’ products to their retail outlets. Bergen also provides logistics solutions directly to customers of online marketplaces and e-commerce stores.
Bergen works to bring fulfillment solutions to a range of industries, from fashion to home products, electronics, and medical devices. Bergen primarily operates within the fashion sector, delivering footwear, handbags, accessories, cosmetics, and fragrances on behalf of brands and stores worldwide.
What data has been exposed?
According to researchers, the company’s data has been exposed on an Elasticsearch server and comprises two sectors including login credentials and shipment details such as:
Names
City
Zip
Addresses
Surnames
Order number
Email addresses
Plain-text passwords to customers accounts
Both of these directly and adversely affect the customers but this data breach as a whole has a largely worrisome effect on the company as well.
Leaked data (Image: Website Planet)
Impact on clients and the company
The clients could be affected through various criminal acts if hackers with malicious intentions found this unprotected database. These inclu ..
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