Cybersecurity researcher jeremiah fowler recently discovered and reported a publicly accessible database containing over 240,000 records belonging to willow pays, a bill payment software company based in chicago, il. Security researcher finds large unsecured online database belonging to willow pays the database contained plenty of sensitive customer information it is now locked down, but users should still be. Willow, which pays customers' bills upfront and allows them to repay in four weekly installments, left over 240,000 private records exposed. Information discovered within the unsecured database included not only bills, repayment schedules, mailing lists, settings, and snapshots detailing names, credit limits, and email addresses, but also a spreadsheet with data from 56,864 individuals, which may include current and prospective clients, as well as blocked accounts. Willow pays, a popular online bill payment platform, exposed sensitive data of thousands of users due to an unsecured online database, a security researcher revealed Jeremiah fowler discovered that the database was left unprotected and contained over 240,000 records, including personal and financial details of customers.
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