Nissan investigating possible source code exposure
Nissan is examining whether source code for its North American division’s mobile apps, marketing tools and more have leaked online, the company said. “We are aware of a claim regarding a reported improper disclosure of Nissan’s confidential information and source code,” said a Nissan spokesperson. “We take this type of matter seriously and are conducting an investigation.” Tillie Kottmann, a software engineer, publicized the apparently leaked information earlier this week on Twitter and Telegram. They told CyberScoop the information came via a “severely mismanaged” server that had the username and password of “admin:admin.” “I was informed about the server by an anonymous source but acquired it myself and can thus mostly verify it,” Kottmann said via a Twitter direct message exchange. Kottmann said they also heard some ex-Nissan employees recognized projects there. Poorly configured servers are a common source of online data leaks, in recent months afflicting Razer, medical scans, […]
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