A database containing information on 56.25 million U.S. citizens has been found online with no security and serving an IP address belonging to Chinese online retailer Alibaba. The database is hosted on a Chinese server, hosted by CheckPeople.com, which offers details, such as addresses or phone numbers, for a fee. The company says that everything is gathered from public records, but the fact that its gathered in a single place and is searchable, makes it dangerous. A bad actor could pair this database with other leaks and weaponize it.”]

