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Main Points:
– Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer D-Link confirmed a data breach
– The breach led to the exposure of “low sensitivity and semi-public” information
– Data did not originate from the cloud but likely from an old D-View 6 system
– D-View 6 system reached its end of life as early as 2015
– The breached data was used for registration purposes
Taiwanese networking equipment manufacturer, D-Link, has admitted to their server springing a leak. Trust me, that’s no drop in the bucket – it’s a data breach. It’s like misplacing your keys, only this time it’s “low sensitivity and semi-public” data. Surely not ideal, but could be worse.
Unlike many of us who forget where we placed our keys, D-Link put on their detective hats and managed to trace the data not to the ubiquitous cloud, but to the more mortal realm of an old D-View 6 system. This system must’ve felt much like your old flip phone, seeing as it reached its end of life as early as 2015.
The exposed data, similar to the information you’d put in a clearance sale marked “Everything must go,” was used for registration purposes those years ago. No, we’re not talking about the type of registration when you’re standing in line at the DMV. This “semi-public information” would have included user-related details used for D-Link product registration.
To sum up this byte of news (sorry for the tech humor, couldn’t resist): the networking solutions provider D-Link suffered a data breach. However, hold off on those horror gasps as the leaked data was confirmed to be of “low sensitivity and semi-public” nature. In layman’s terms, the key under the doormat got seen by the wrong eyes but luckily, it was the old, rusted one of a long-dead lock. So, while undesirable, it’s a situation probably equivalent to accidentally sending a mundane grocery list to your boss; embarrassing, but not exactly a catastrophic leak of personal secrets.
Original Article: https://thehackernews.com/2023/10/d-link-confirms-data-breach-employee.html
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