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Millions Of Secret Bank Docs Leak Online After Mishap==

In the latest reminder of just how vulnerable Americans' sensitive financial data can be, a server security lapse at Ascension, a data and analytics company for the financial industry, based in Fort Worth, Texas, left the unencrypted information - some 24 million documents - available for anyone who knew where to look. Ascension offers financial institutions the service of converting documents into files that can be read by computers, known as OCR.

The server, which was running an Elasticsearch database, contained more than a decade’s worth of data - from loan and mortgage agreements to repayment schedules and other financial and tax documents - which offer an intimate insight into a person's life. The information wasn't protected by a password.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-23/millions-bank-and-loan-documents-leak-online