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a leak exposes 123 million US households security researchers up guard cyber risk team found a massive database unsecured online the data belonged to Alteryx a data analytics firm which is a partner of credit reporting agency experient Alteryx apparently purchased the data from experienced consumer view database which combines public and personal data up Guard says the exposed data reveals billions of personally identifying details and data points about virtually every American household up guard director of cyber risk research Chris Vickery found the data on an Amazon Web Services server on October 6th of this year the data was easily accessible by creating an Amazon Web Services account so what was exposed home addresses contact information financial histories mortgage ownership and more names of individuals were not in the database Alteryx says the database is now secured and the information in the file does not pose a risk of identity theft to any consumers up guard does not agree it says that data could be misused for spamming unwanted direct marketing fake debt collections or identity theft Experian was quick to distance itself from the matter saying this is an alter X issue and does not involve any experienced systems do these leaks freak you out anymore or are you numb to it let us know for more coverage check out cnet.com Amaya's act I will see you online