RAINWALK PET INSURANCE EXPOSES 158 GB OF US CUSTOMER AND PET DATA

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Rainwalk Pet Insurance exposed 158 GB of unprotected customer data containing 85,361 files, including pet insurance claims, veterinary bills, customer names, addresses, phone numbers, partial credit card numbers, and pet medical histories with microchip numbers. Security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered the misconfigured database and notified the company, but it remained publicly accessible for nearly a month before being secured. The breach creates significant fraud risks as criminals could exploit the combined pet and owner data to submit fraudulent insurance claims, intercept Venmo refunds, or conduct targeted scams using legitimate claim information and emotional manipulation tactics.