The company provides consulting services to large companies around the world.
Past clients of Aliznet include IBM, Salesforce, Sephora, Louboutin, Inwi, and Yves Rocher.
Customers' fullpersonally identifiable information(PII) were exposed, along withdetailed records of their orders.
The data breach also exposedprivate internal recordsthat could negatively impact Aliznet’s client companies.
The affected customers werelocated in Canada.
It also might just be a nonsensitive internal code used by the company.
We were unable to confirm what the number actually represents.
Although it could be nothing, the possibilities are concerning.
The leaked customer records alsotied each individual to a unique customer ID.
By itself, this value is meaningless.
We were able to view theexact coordinates of each store location.
Each order is also linked with a unique customer ID.
Vulnerable API Interface
The research team discovered another serious vulnerability in the exposed Elasticsearch server.
We were able to access theAPI interface for an tool created by Aliznet for Yves Rocher.
The program seems to have beencreated to be used by Yves Rocher employeesrather than customers.
The API interface also gave us access to the API explorer.
Impact on End Customers
The data breach exposedfull contact details for individual customers of Yves Rocher.
Hackers, scammers, and advertisers can easily exploit this information.
Exposed phone numbers can become targets ofunwanted text spam or dangerous phone scams.
The data breach also exposedrecords of customer orders of Yves Rocher products.
This can be dangerous.
Banks and other financial institutions oftenask questions about your recent purchases to confirm your identity.
Cybercriminals may be able to gather enough information tocommit credit card fraud and identity theft.
Identity theft can have very serious long-lasting consequences.
The data leak included theprices and promotional offersfor a large number of Yves Rocher cosmetic and beauty products.
This information is abig asset to the company’s competition.
Competing cosmetic and beauty companies could use this information to createhighly effective advertising campaignstargeted at Yves Rocher customers.
This could lead toYves Rocher losing customers to competitors.
Impact on Aliznet
The implications of the Aliznet leak extend beyond the effect on individual customers.
One concern is thatAliznet may have other unsecured databases and applications that haven’t been discovered yet.
That means other clients of Aliznet may be at risk.
Aliznet could lose business because of this data breach.
Aliznet offers professional services in IT strategy consulting and project management.
The data breach maynegatively impact Aliznet’s credibility as an expert in the IT field.
Advice from the Experts
This data leak could have beeneasily prevented with some very basic security measures.
Lead by security experts Ran and Noam, our research team scans ports to find known IP blocks.
After finding IP blocks, the team searches forvulnerabilities in the system that would indicate an open database.
As ethical hackers and researchers,we do not sell, store, or expose the information we encounter.
Our goal is toimprove the overall safety and securityof the internet for everyone.
About Us and Previous Reports
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