Denver-based Granicus is one of the largest IT service providers for U.S. federal and local government agencies. Granicus says it left a massive Elasticsearch database exposed to the internet for at least five months. The company says the risks involved were low. The exposed database was only used to index links on the websites of its public sector customers for faster searches. An Austin, Texas-based researcher says the exposed database contained links to files published by 1,700 Granicus customers.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/service-provider-to-government-left-database-exposed-a-13716