14 million +

Number of Verizon customers whose personal data was reportedly exposed in a security lapse involving the carrier. The incident, first reported on ZDNet and discovered by research firm UpGuard, involved technology supplier Nice Systems, which left Verizon customer data unprotected on an Amazon Web Services S3 storage instance. The data contained names, phone numbers and PINs that could be used to access their Verizon accounts. The report did not say if hackers had accessed the data, only that it was left exposed and easily accessible by guessing a simple URL that directed to the improperly configured cloud drive.