Misconfigured file storage technologies and a lack of basic security controls are the root causes for the inadvertent online exposure of 2.3 billion files across the web worldwide that contain personal information, including sensitive medical data, says Harrison Van Riper, a security researcher at Digital Shadows’ Photon Research Team. Riper was lead analyst on a recent study that discovered 2.3 billion exposed files across online file stores, up about 50 percent from a similar study last year.

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