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Millions of Chinese citizens have had their sensitive data exposed online thanks to yet another unprotected database.

The database held 3.3 million orders made by Zhefengles customers between 2015 and 2020.

An abstract image of a database

We do know that the owners locked it down soon after.

Replying to the publication, the store owners said: The vulnerability has been addressed promptly.

We are currently investigating the cause internally.

Unprotected databases are one of the most common ways sensitive data gets spilled online.

The database belonged to Microsofts researchers working on Artificial Intelligence (AI), and was allegedly 38TB heavy.

In May, Toyota was found keeping an unprotected database of 2.15 million users.

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