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According to the YouTube channel Gamers Nexus, over 600,000 customer warranty claims for MSI products were publicly accessible via Google search. MSI, a leading computer hardware and peripherals manufacturer, had exposed data that included sensitive information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, and specific order details.

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[-] blackwateropeth@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Gobbless Gamers Nexus

salutes the GN flag

[-] Tetsuo@jlai.lu 38 points 4 months ago

Do not forget that accessing stuff on Google can probably get you to prison.

When you see something illegal on Google that should have never been published publicly you need to immediately avert your eyes and plug your ears. 🙉

Don't be the next Aaron Swartz...

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 27 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Aaron Swartz story is a bit different, because he actually paid for those documents via taxpayer money.

But other parts of your comment is true. A good analogy: if someone leaves their house open, and you walk in, that is still ~~burglary~~ trespassing.

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 4 months ago

I think you mean it's still trespassing, burglary requires intent to commit a crime while entering a building illegally.

[-] infeeeee@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Yes, in my native language the two words are the same

[-] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago

Ah, forgive me, makes sense.

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 4 months ago

Just out of curiosity, which language is that?

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In your analogy that isn’t trespassing. You’d have to knowingly violate a no trespassing sign or a persons command to leave for it to be trespassing.

[-] Fermion@feddit.nl 3 points 4 months ago

That's only true for areas of land that aren't visibly occupied. Entering any building without permission is considered first degree trespassing in my state, and I don't think that's a unique definition. Traversing the land near a dwelling is considered second degree trespass.

[-] floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Bad analogy imho. This would be like going in a mall, entering a store, and being told that it's actually a house and you're trespassing

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I don’t believe that, it’s not classified information. Maybe if you then distributed the personal information, but they redacted whatever is shown. If it was classified information, then it’d be illegal.

That’s like saying if you read a piece of paper you found outside and it’s got personal information, you just broke the law. I’m not a lawyer but I don’t think clicking a link from Google and reading unclassified documents is illegal in any way.

[-] Morphit@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago

Or if the government sends you the social security numbers of every teacher in the state. Then you're a hacker for responsibly disclosing the issue:
Missouri gov. calls journalist who found security flaw a “hacker,” threatens to sue

[-] Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Et tu, MSI?

[-] iconic_admin@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Jokes on them, I never register products with the manufacturer.

[-] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

Just make everything public and transparent because nobody seems to know how to actually protect data.

First zotac and then MSI.

[-] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Directly message their legal team instead to claim warranties.

[-] sunzu@kbin.run 4 points 4 months ago

Maybe employees are not so easily replacable after all.

No way to tell how these things happen that's for sure tho

[-] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago

Somehow that's not surprising, but it's still a yikes.

[-] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago
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