The records were "enriched", meaning they were compiled from various public sources—like LinkedIn, Facebook, and GitHub—to create highly detailed personal profiles. While it did not contain passwords, it included: Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer Data Breach
Cybersecurity researchers Vinny Troia and Bob Diachenko identified an unprotected server hosted on Google Cloud. This server was not owned by People Data Labs (PDL) itself; instead, it belonged to a PDL customer who had failed to secure the database, leaving 4 terabytes of data open to anyone with an internet connection. 2. The Nature of the Data PeopleDataLabs_416M.json.7z