Marketing Firm Exposes 340 Million Records on US Consumers
2 Terabyte Database Includes Up To 150 Fields With US Consumers' Data A computer security researcher has discovered a vast marketing database containing 340 million records on U.S. consumers, including such information as credit worthiness, political donations, stock ownership and the ages of their children. The database, which is 2 terabytes in size, was left exposed to the internet without authentication, says Vinny Troia, who runs the New York-based consultancy NightLion S