Friday, 24 March, 2023

Personal data of 2.8 lakh WhiteHat Jr students, teachers exposed

<p>EduTech startup WhiteHat Jr said that it had discovered and fixed a&ldquo;vulnerabilities&rdquo; in its backend servers that had led to user data, including personally identifiable information, being exposed. The vulnerability has allowed access to a variety of personal data of 280,000 users, mostly students and teachers, to cybercriminals, was reported by an independent security researcher. WhiteHat Jr, the coding platform for kids, hosts its servers on AWS.</p>