The data leak lasted from February 2020 to March 2023, and affected 3 percent of all applicants.
is often used by websites to enable data access for third-parties such as researchers. In this case, the API allowed federal employees and filers to access a system that displayed application statuses.
“When we discovered the issue, we blocked access to all USPTO non-critical APIs and took down the impacted bulk data products until a permanent fix could be implemented,” reads a portion of the notice. According to the USPTO, the issue was fully resolved on April 1, and at no point did these addresses surface during regular searches on the USPTO website.
“Importantly, this incident was not the result of malicious activity, and we have no reason to believe that your domicile information has been misused. Nevertheless, we take all data security concerns seriously, and we apologize for our mistake,” the letter reads.Andrew Paul is Popular Science's staff writer covering tech news. Previously, he was a regular contributor to The A.V.
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