code.org Data Breach (2016)
code.org
lowVERIS
Disclosed
March 1, 2016
3678 days ago
Records
Undisclosed
Confirmed
Root Cause
Human Error
Industry
Technology
Description
On Friday night we discovered and fixed an error in the Code.org site that allowed access to our volunteer email addresses. This wasn’t a case of hackers breaching our security systems, rather it was our mistake of leaving volunteer email addresses accessible via the web browser.