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The damage from the leak was minimized, but it is unlikely that this will be able to restore confidence in the platform.
The popular wiki platform Liquipedia, dedicated to esports and managed by the Team Liquid organization, has leaked a database that revealed users email addresses and other confidential information.
Liquipedia is an encyclopedia of various video games, covering everything from the history of each game to esports tactics. The platform was founded and operated by Team Liquid, a professional esports organization from the Netherlands owned by aXiomatic Gaming, dedicated to gaming and esports.
As Cybernews researchers found out, the MongoDB database used by Liquipedia was publicly accessible without a password. As a result of the leak, logins and other data of 119 thousand Liquipedia users were published, as well as information about platform administrators. The size of the entire leaked database was 77 MB.
The following information from the platform was disclosed during a data leak:
In addition, more sensitive information was released, including secret access keys to Liquipedia's social media accounts.
According to Cybernews, such data leaks can easily be used by hackers for phishing attacks, unauthorized access to users ' personal accounts, and manipulation of the organization's official social media accounts.
After the researchers request, the Liquipedia administration immediately fixed the vulnerability in the database settings. According to the company, users were also informed about the incident. Certain technical and organizational measures have been taken to prevent such incidents in the future.
The popular wiki platform Liquipedia, dedicated to esports and managed by the Team Liquid organization, has leaked a database that revealed users email addresses and other confidential information.
Liquipedia is an encyclopedia of various video games, covering everything from the history of each game to esports tactics. The platform was founded and operated by Team Liquid, a professional esports organization from the Netherlands owned by aXiomatic Gaming, dedicated to gaming and esports.
As Cybernews researchers found out, the MongoDB database used by Liquipedia was publicly accessible without a password. As a result of the leak, logins and other data of 119 thousand Liquipedia users were published, as well as information about platform administrators. The size of the entire leaked database was 77 MB.
The following information from the platform was disclosed during a data leak:
- user ids;
- user email addresses;
- email address verification status;
- two-factor authentication status;
- date of account creation.
In addition, more sensitive information was released, including secret access keys to Liquipedia's social media accounts.
According to Cybernews, such data leaks can easily be used by hackers for phishing attacks, unauthorized access to users ' personal accounts, and manipulation of the organization's official social media accounts.
After the researchers request, the Liquipedia administration immediately fixed the vulnerability in the database settings. According to the company, users were also informed about the incident. Certain technical and organizational measures have been taken to prevent such incidents in the future.
