Data breach leaks a whopping 2.7 billion records inclusing smartphone and Wi-Fi info


A huge data breach has resulted in the leak of 2.7 billion records belonging to China’s Mars Hydro.

The company is involved in indoor growing and hydroponics which is the process of growing plants without soil. The company offers LED grow lights, grow tents, and other products. Because many of the products it offers are controlled by smartphones, information about the different types of handsets and Wi-Fi networks used by its customers was included in the data breach. The operating system used by these phones (iOS or Android) was also leaked.

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Source: PhoneArena


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