Over 9 million facial recognition images leaked in major breach at reverse image search and identity verification…
- Researcher inds ClarityCheck’s exposed 450GB database with 9M+ user images
- Leak included faces, profiles, and photos, risking identity theft and phishing abuse
- Company secured access quickly; no evidence of dark web distribution or misuse so far
An online reverse-lookup platform has inadvertently leaked millions of faces on the internet, putting people at risk of identity theft, phishing, and more, experts have warned.
Jeremiah Fowler, a cybersecurity researcher known for hunting exposed databases, recently found one totaling 450.2GB in size.
It contained exactly 9,042,977 image files - profile pictures, screenshots, and scans of physical photographs - all seemingly uploaded by the users. The images showed adults, teenagers, and even children, and were stored in folders labeled “faces” and “profiles”.
What happened?
Further investigation showed the database belonging to a company called ClarityCheck. This is a US-registered firm describing itself as a “reverse phone, email, image, vehicle lookup”, allowing users to...
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