Time Warner Cable Customer Data Exposed: Misconfigured Database Reveals Personal Information

The records and personal information of millions of Time Warner Cable subscribers were left exposed online in an unsecured cloud repository by a third party company, security researchers recently discovered.

The information was found in two databases operated by third-party vendor BroadSoft, a global communication software and service provider. The trove of Time Warner Cable customer information totaled more than 600 gigabytes of total files.