Open source hardware vendor Adafruit has apologized after inadvertently exposing sensitive customer data through a GitHub repository.
The problem arose because valid customer data, rather than dummy information, was used to put together a training dataset that was published on a public repository.
Personal info of some Adafruit users – including names, email addresses, physical addresses, and order details – was exposed as a result of the slip-up.
No user passwords or financial information such as credit cards appeared in the dataset which dates from 2019, according to a statement from Adafruit.
