PASSAGE 37
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PASSAGE 37
According to a report on Wednesday by UpGuard, a cybersecurity firm, two databases containing user
data from Facebook were found on Amazon.com web servers accessible to the public on the internet.
Information leaked included user ID's, photos, Facebook friend and group lists, and interests.
One of the databases is owned by the Mexican company Cultura Colectiva, which specializes in digital
media, while the other is owned by a separate Facebook-integrated app named At the Pool. In these two
instances, the personal records were publicly available because the "Amazon S3 Buckets" on which the
data were stored were misconfigured to allow public access instead of only private access. The original
report was not entirely clear about this point, and Wikinews confirmed with UpGuard that the two
incidents involved two separate Amazon S3 buckets.
UpGuard reportedly sent an email to Cultura Colectiva on January 10, and again on January 14, but
received no response. On January 28, UpGuard reportedly emailed Amazon Web Services informing them
of the situation, to which on February 1 Amazon Web Services acknowledged the owner of the “buckets”
had been informed. After the databases had still not been secured, UpGuard reportedly sent emails once
more to Amazon Web Services on February 21, with Amazon Web Services responding that they would
investigate what else could be done about it. Reportedly, the Amazon S3 Buckets were only secured after
Bloomberg contacted Facebook.
The Guardian drew comparisons between this case and the Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which over
50 million Facebook profiles were harvested for data without users' knowledge or consent.
(Adapted from Wikinews)
Question 1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal.
B. Private Facebook records found on public Internet.
C. The disadvantages of social media sites on the Internet.
D. The tension between Amazon and UpGuard.
Question 2. According to the passage, all of the following personal information was leaked on
Amazon.com EXCEPT __________.
A. User ID
B. Interests
C. Photos
D. Date of birth
Question 3. The word “consent” in the passage is closest in meaning to __________.
A. awareness
B. permission
C. support
D. desire
Question 4. The personal records were publicly available because __________.
A. Computer engineers at Amazon made a major mistake.
B. The Mexican company Cultura Colectiva hacked Facebook’s system.
C. The “Amazon S3 Buckets” which stored the data were wrongly configured.
D. An app on Facebook called At the Pool malfunctioned.
Question 5. The word “they” in the third paragraph refers to ___________.
A. Amazon Web Services
B. Emails
C. Databases
D. UpGuard
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ĐÁP ÁN
1-B
2-D
3-B
4-C
5-A
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