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Unprotected databases
The addresses are a mandatory requirement so that prevent fraud, it was said.
Roughly 14,000 addresses were exposed this way.
The dataset was exposed between mid-August 2023, and mid-April 2024.
USPTO believes no threat actors found or stole the data.
Unprotected and misconfigured databases are one of the most common causes of data spills and leaks these days.
