A copy of the fbi\\'s terrorist watchlist was exposed online for three weeks between july 19 and august 9, 2021, a security researcher revealed today. Fbi's secret terrorist watchlist was exposed on the internet The watchlist was left exposed. A researcher discovered a data cache from the fbi's terrorist screening center left online without a password or authentication requirement. It seems someone working at the fbi screwed up and posted a terrorist watchlist database online without any authentication required to view it Volodymyr bob diachenko, head of security research.
Researcher bob diachenko has discovered an elasticsearch cluster with an fbi terrorism watchlist that was exposed to the open internet. David gomez, a former senior fbi special agent, says that while maintaining a terrorist watch list is important for law enforcement, without the requisite manpower on the ground, it's nearly impossible for the fbi and law enforcement to find the truly important leads in so much data. The fbi's terrorist screening center (tsc) may have exposed the records of nearly 2 million individuals and left them accessible online for three weeks. The list was left online without a password or any other authentication to secure it It contained 1.9 million records, including full name, tsc watchlist id, citizenship, gender, date of birth, passport number and more. The fbi's terrorist watchlist containing almost 2 million records sat exposed and unsecured on the internet for a period of three weeks.
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