Global Retailer BuyGoods.com Leaks 198GB of Internal and User PII, KYC data

A misconfigured public cloud database tied to BuyGoods.com exposed 198.3 GB and over 260,000 records containing sensitive personal and financial data (PII, KYC documents, customer selfies, and unredacted credit card information). Researcher Jeremiah Fowler responsibly disclosed the issue and the company acknowledged and began remediation, but the server remained accessible for days; the report warns of identity theft and financial fraud risks and provides recommended security controls (audits, least privilege, encryption, monitoring, patching, and incident response).