McAfee-backed startup Bezop leaks data from 25,000 investors

Cybersecurity experts from Kromtech Security have received information that the Bezop project, in which John McAfee acts as an adviser, leaked the data of 25,000 of its investors online.

Obviously, Bezop.io failed to provide serious security to the MongoDB database and investor information was made public.

 As a result, the personal information of 25,000 Bezop.io investors was exposed and potentially available to anyone. The database contains full names, residential addresses, email addresses, encrypted passwords, information about wallets, and more alarmingly, scanned images of passports, driver's licenses and other identification documents. 

Such a data leak is difficult to explain by accident. According to MongoDB settings, the function must be manually selected to make it public, so a technical glitch is unlikely. The Bezop.io team was notified of the discovery of the database, but in response they received a statement that the platform had suffered a DDoS attack, after which the data of its clients had leaked into the network. The leak was discovered at the end of March, but information about it was published only last week. 

According to Kromtech Security, the information could be contained in one of the tables called “Bounty”, which became available during the ICO in January of this year. Bezop is a decentralized Blockchain-based e-commerce platform with Amazon-like search functionality, but without Amazon as a middleman. During the token sale, Bezop launched its first Bounty program, in which you can earn Bezop Tokens in exchange for promoting the project on social networks and forums using a verified Bezop signature. John McAfee is listed as an advisor on the project's website and tweeted his support for Bezop.io on New Year's Day.

By now, most know John McAfee as a big fan of all things privacy, cybersecurity, and the crypto industry. He is known as a programmer and founder of the antivirus software company McAffee Associates, and for his support of consumer privacy rights in their disputes with online advertisers. 

Lately, John has been actively promoting new blockchain startups. Last fall, he joined the team of the Ukrainian startup Hacken as an advisor and partner.

The scandalous cybersecurity legend has been accompanied by various kinds of accusations and incidents for many years.. Now once again his name is heard in connection with the scandalous leak of confidential data of 25,000 investors of the startup Bezop.

According to https://www.geek.com