Chinese e-commerce site Gearbest exposed 1.5 million customer records, including payment information, email addresses and other personal data. White hat hackers found the exposed database on March 1. Gearbest disputed some of the claims the security researchers made, including the number of customer records exposed. The company said it uses encryption to protect data, and that a member of the security team turned off a firewall for a short time, according to a blog post. The incident could lead to a host of security problems for Gearbest’s users, experts say.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/gearbest-database-leaks-15-million-customer-records-a-12198