“If a worker committed the kind of incompetence that WorkComposer did, this data might be used to fire them,” EFF’s José told @gizmodo.com of a massive bossware data breach. “WorkComposer, too, should be out of a job.”
An Employee Surveillance Company Leaked Over 21 Million Screenshots Online
The leak highlights how digital workplace surveillance exposes employees to new risks.
gizmodo.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“If a worker committed the kind of incompetence that WorkComposer did, this data might be used to fire them,” EFF’s José told @gizmodo.com of a massive bossware data breach. “WorkComposer, too, should be out of a job.”
PSA: if your company is looking into remote monitoring solutions, it’s a good to remember they’re also huge security risks:
Workplace Monitoring App WorkComposer Leaks 21 Million Employee Surveillance Screenshots - WinBuzzer
Workplace monitoring app WorkComposer has exposed over 21 million employee screenshots via an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, revealing sensitive data.
winbuzzer.com
June 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
PSA: if your company is looking into remote monitoring solutions, it’s a good to remember they’re also huge security risks:
😱 MASSIVE PRIVACY BREACH: Employee monitoring app, WorkComposer, leaks 21 MILLION screenshots in real-time!
This is exactly why we need to fight against workplace surveillance. The risks aren't theoretical—they're already happening.
This is exactly why we need to fight against workplace surveillance. The risks aren't theoretical—they're already happening.
April 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
😱 MASSIVE PRIVACY BREACH: Employee monitoring app, WorkComposer, leaks 21 MILLION screenshots in real-time!
This is exactly why we need to fight against workplace surveillance. The risks aren't theoretical—they're already happening.
This is exactly why we need to fight against workplace surveillance. The risks aren't theoretical—they're already happening.
Tranquilli, tutto a posto. 🤦♂️
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App di monitoraggio dipendenti espone 21 milioni di screenshot
WorkComposer, un'app di monitoraggio dipendenti, ha esposto milioni di screenshot attraverso un bucket AWS S3 non protetto.
www.tomshw.it
April 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Tranquilli, tutto a posto. 🤦♂️
@signorina37.ransomnews.online
@garantepiracy.it
www.tomshw.it/hardware/app...
@signorina37.ransomnews.online
@garantepiracy.it
www.tomshw.it/hardware/app...
That’s what companies get for spying on their own employees. 😅
April 25, 2025 at 6:40 AM
That’s what companies get for spying on their own employees. 😅
No one should be subjected to this sort of monitoring, period
April 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
No one should be subjected to this sort of monitoring, period
Workplace surveillance system #WorkComposer is under fire for storing sensitive data with ZERO #security. Firm saved 21M screenshots of users’ PC screens in open #AWS #S3 bucket.
Hackers could have easily stolen company secrets—and personal ones, too. In #SBBlogwatch, we can’t quite believe it.
Hackers could have easily stolen company secrets—and personal ones, too. In #SBBlogwatch, we can’t quite believe it.
200,000 Workers’ PII at Risk in WorkComposer S3 SNAFU
Don’t say ‘spyware’—21 million screenshots in one open bucket.
securityboulevard.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Workplace surveillance system #WorkComposer is under fire for storing sensitive data with ZERO #security. Firm saved 21M screenshots of users’ PC screens in open #AWS #S3 bucket.
Hackers could have easily stolen company secrets—and personal ones, too. In #SBBlogwatch, we can’t quite believe it.
Hackers could have easily stolen company secrets—and personal ones, too. In #SBBlogwatch, we can’t quite believe it.
I’m not shy about my disdain for employee “productivity” monitoring tools or the security risks they pose, so feeling a bit vindicated right now.
Remember: if a third party can see your screen, how do you know someone can’t spy on the third party?
Remember: if a third party can see your screen, how do you know someone can’t spy on the third party?
Employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots in real time
WorkComposer surveillance app exposes 21 million employee screenshots in real-time. Sensitive business data and credentials now accessible on the open web.
cybernews.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I’m not shy about my disdain for employee “productivity” monitoring tools or the security risks they pose, so feeling a bit vindicated right now.
Remember: if a third party can see your screen, how do you know someone can’t spy on the third party?
Remember: if a third party can see your screen, how do you know someone can’t spy on the third party?
Employee Monitoring App Leaks 21 Million Screenshots In Real Time
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/2057241/employee-monitoring-app-leaks-21-million-screenshots-in-real-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Employee Monitoring App Leaks 21 Million Screenshots In Real Time
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Cybernews: Researchers at Cybernews have uncovered a major privacy breach involving WorkComposer, a workplace surveillance app used by over 200,000 people across countless companies. The app, designed to track productivity by logging activity and snapping reg...
yro.slashdot.org
April 25, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Employee Monitoring App Leaks 21 Million Screenshots In Real Time
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/04/24/2057241/employee-monitoring-app-leaks-21-million-screenshots-in-real-time?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Einer von vielen Gründen, warum derartige Software problematisch ist futurezone.at/digital-life...
App zur Mitarbeiterüberwachung leakt Millionen sensible Daten
Die Software WorkComposer leakte Millionen Screenshots von Mitarbeiter-Computern ins Netz.
futurezone.at
April 25, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Einer von vielen Gründen, warum derartige Software problematisch ist futurezone.at/digital-life...
Außerhalb Deutschlands wird Überwachungssoftware für Arbeitnehmer gerne vom Arbeitgeber eingesetzt. WorkComposer aus den USA hat sein AWS S3-Bitbucket falsch konfiguriert, wodurch 21 Millionen Screenshots von User-Desktops öffentlich wurden. Passt, alles öffentlich
www.borncity.com/blog/2025/04...
www.borncity.com/blog/2025/04...
WorkComposer-Fehlkonfiguration legt über 21 Millionen Screenshots offen
[English]Es ist der absolute Datenschutz-GAU und Alptraum für Unternehmen. Die Fehlkonfiguration einer Software legt Millionen Screenshots mit äußerst vertraulichen Daten offen.
www.borncity.com
April 30, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Außerhalb Deutschlands wird Überwachungssoftware für Arbeitnehmer gerne vom Arbeitgeber eingesetzt. WorkComposer aus den USA hat sein AWS S3-Bitbucket falsch konfiguriert, wodurch 21 Millionen Screenshots von User-Desktops öffentlich wurden. Passt, alles öffentlich
www.borncity.com/blog/2025/04...
www.borncity.com/blog/2025/04...
Die #Überwachung - #Software #WorkComposer, die weltweit in zahlreichen #Unternehmen eingesetzt wird, hat über 21 #Millionen #Bildschirmfotos von #Mitarbeitern öffentlich zugänglich gemacht. Das Leck wurde von Sicherheitsexperten der Plattform " #Cybernews" entdeckt.
#itsec
#itsec
April 26, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Die #Überwachung - #Software #WorkComposer, die weltweit in zahlreichen #Unternehmen eingesetzt wird, hat über 21 #Millionen #Bildschirmfotos von #Mitarbeitern öffentlich zugänglich gemacht. Das Leck wurde von Sicherheitsexperten der Plattform " #Cybernews" entdeckt.
#itsec
#itsec
200,000 Workers’ PII at Risk in WorkComposer S3 SNAFU - Security Boulevard securityboulevard.com/2025/04/21m-...
200,000 Workers’ PII at Risk in WorkComposer S3 SNAFU
Don’t say ‘spyware’—21 million screenshots in one open bucket.
securityboulevard.com
April 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
200,000 Workers’ PII at Risk in WorkComposer S3 SNAFU - Security Boulevard securityboulevard.com/2025/04/21m-...
Why you should never work at a place which does employee monitoring. www.techradar.com/pro/security...
Top employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots on thousands of users
WorkComposer leaking screenshots of user activity on the clear web
www.techradar.com
April 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Why you should never work at a place which does employee monitoring. www.techradar.com/pro/security...
Employee monitoring app WorkComposer left 21 million images exposed in an unsecured storage container. The images show frame-by-frame activity logs of remote workers.
Employee monitoring app exposes users, leaks 21+ million screenshots
WorkComposer, an employee monitoring app, has leaked millions of screenshots through an unprotected AWS S3 bucket.
mwb.link
April 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Employee monitoring app WorkComposer left 21 million images exposed in an unsecured storage container. The images show frame-by-frame activity logs of remote workers.
linked via Jill
2/3
Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews found an archive of “millions of real-time screenshots” generated by WorkComposer, which calls itself an “employee productivity monitoring tool”.
2/3
Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews found an archive of “millions of real-time screenshots” generated by WorkComposer, which calls itself an “employee productivity monitoring tool”.
Top employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots on thousands of users
WorkComposer leaking screenshots of user activity on the clear web
www.techradar.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
linked via Jill
2/3
Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews found an archive of “millions of real-time screenshots” generated by WorkComposer, which calls itself an “employee productivity monitoring tool”.
2/3
Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews found an archive of “millions of real-time screenshots” generated by WorkComposer, which calls itself an “employee productivity monitoring tool”.
Workplace Monitoring App WorkComposer Leaks 21 Million Employee Surveillance Screenshots
#Cybersecurity #WorkComposer #DataBreach #DataLeak #Privacy #EmployeeMonitoring #WorkplaceSurveillance #CloudSecurity #S3 #InfoSec #DataSecurity
winbuzzer.com/2025/04/28/w...
#Cybersecurity #WorkComposer #DataBreach #DataLeak #Privacy #EmployeeMonitoring #WorkplaceSurveillance #CloudSecurity #S3 #InfoSec #DataSecurity
winbuzzer.com/2025/04/28/w...
Workplace Monitoring App WorkComposer Leaks 21 Million Employee Surveillance Screenshots - WinBuzzer
Workplace monitoring app WorkComposer has exposed over 21 million employee screenshots via an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket, revealing sensitive data.
winbuzzer.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Workplace Monitoring App WorkComposer Leaks 21 Million Employee Surveillance Screenshots
#Cybersecurity #WorkComposer #DataBreach #DataLeak #Privacy #EmployeeMonitoring #WorkplaceSurveillance #CloudSecurity #S3 #InfoSec #DataSecurity
winbuzzer.com/2025/04/28/w...
#Cybersecurity #WorkComposer #DataBreach #DataLeak #Privacy #EmployeeMonitoring #WorkplaceSurveillance #CloudSecurity #S3 #InfoSec #DataSecurity
winbuzzer.com/2025/04/28/w...
🤦♂️ I bet they don't see any consequences for this, ESPECIALLY because they're a cyber security firm, which ironically proves how bad they are at their actual job.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
Top employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots on thousands of users
WorkComposer leaking screenshots of user activity on the clear web
www.techradar.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🤦♂️ I bet they don't see any consequences for this, ESPECIALLY because they're a cyber security firm, which ironically proves how bad they are at their actual job.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
The company WorkComposer should be put out of business permanently for failing every single customer and not even caring to respond.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
June 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The company WorkComposer should be put out of business permanently for failing every single customer and not even caring to respond.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Una brecha en WorkComposer expone millones de capturas de pantalla con datos sensibles de empresas lamadredeltopo.rebuscando.info/las-empresas... #tecnología #ciberseguridad #teletrabajo
Las empresas querían monitorizar el teletrabajo con capturas: ahora tienen un grave problema de seguridad y fuga de datos
Una brecha en WorkComposer expone millones de capturas de pantalla con datos sensibles de empresas
lamadredeltopo.rebuscando.info
May 13, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Una brecha en WorkComposer expone millones de capturas de pantalla con datos sensibles de empresas lamadredeltopo.rebuscando.info/las-empresas... #tecnología #ciberseguridad #teletrabajo
Kudos to the big brained developers at WorkComposer for using an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket for millions of workplace surveillance screenshots.
So big brained.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
So big brained.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
Top employee monitoring app leaks 21 million screenshots on thousands of users
WorkComposer leaking screenshots of user activity on the clear web
www.techradar.com
April 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Kudos to the big brained developers at WorkComposer for using an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket for millions of workplace surveillance screenshots.
So big brained.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
So big brained.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
