Some Supabase customers are publicly exposing reams of people’s data to the web
UpGuard found about 16,000 Supabase databases publicly exposing customers’ sensitive personal data.
UpGuard told TechCrunch it found roughly 16,000 Supabase-hosted databases with some degree of public exposure. Those databases are making people’s sensitive information available on the public web, according to research reported by Zack Whittaker. The story describes customer misconfiguration and data leakage, not a named Supabase vulnerability or confirmed intrusion.
- UpGuard identified about 16,000 exposed Supabase databases.
- Sensitive personal data is reachable on the public web.
- Exposure is attributed to customer setups, not a named exploit.
- Zack Whittaker reported the findings via TechCrunch.
Zack Whittaker reports today’s nominee for the “No need to hack when it’s leaking” honors: Thousands of databases hosted by development platform Supabase are exposing people’s sensitive information to the public web, new security research by cybersecurity firm UpGuard has found. UpGuard told TechCrunch that it found around 16,000 databases on which some degree of... Source
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