Google-owned malware-scanning platform VirusTotal has reportedly suffered a leak that exposed the names and email addresses of 5,600 of its registered users, including information about employees of US and German intelligence agencies.
As per Der Spiegel’s report, the exposed information includes twenty accounts from the US Cyber Command, the FBI, the US National Security Agency, German secret service, Dutch, Taiwanese, British, Austrian government employees.
The leak also includes data about employees of multiple German corporations such as Deutsche Bahn, the Bundesbank and various Dax giants such as Allianz, BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Deutsche Telekom.
The report notes that leaked data includes only account holders’ names and email addresses, other crucial information such as passwords appears to be not affected.
Google’s spokesperson told Der Spiegel that the cause of the leak was a VirusTotal employee who “unintentionally made a small part” of customer data available on the platform.
“We removed the list from the platform within an hour of uploading it,” the spokesperson said. “We are working on improving internal processes and technical controls to prevent this in the future.”