Data Breach Alert: 2.4 Million Wyze Customers Affected in Recent Breach
Wyze Labs, the home-security camera company, announced that some of their customers’ information was exposed. Wyze says the information of the 2.4 million affected customers include Wi-Fi network details and email addresses. Wyze also stated the exposed database did not include passwords or financial information. The database was open to the public from December 4 until December 26.
What This Means
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