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Online gift card store exposed hundreds of thousands of people's identity documents | TechCrunch

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A U.S. online gift card store has secured an online storage server that was publicly exposing hundreds of thousands of customer government-issued identity documents to the internet.

The storage server containing the files had no password, allowing anyone on the internet to access the data stored inside.

MyGiftCardSupply ’s website says it requires customers to upload a copy of their identity documents as part of its compliance efforts with anti-money laundering rules, often known as “know your customer” checks, or KYC checks.

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