No industry is immune to data breaches, as evidenced by a recent incident in the shipping sector. A major global shipper, working closely with Amazon, eBay, and Shopify, inadvertently exposed 14 million records, highlighting the pervasive nature of cybersecurity threats.
The breach, discovered in December during the peak of international shipping activities, was traced back to an unprotected AWS bucket owned by Hipshipper, a shipping platform utilized by sellers on popular e-commerce platforms. The exposed data, which included shipping labels with personal customer information, remained vulnerable for at least a month before being secured in January.
