A database belonging to Forces Penpals, a social networking and dating platform catering to US and UK armed forces personnel, was found publicly accessible online.
The unsecured database, discovered by cybersecurity researcher Jeremiah Fowler and reported to vpnMentor, exposed over 1.1 million sensitive records, including user images and proof-of-service documents, raising privacy and security concerns for military members and their supporters.
In his analysis of the publicly exposed database,
