More than 21 millions of screenshots (prints) were unduly exposed by the company WorkCompesor, an employee monitoring app. Sensitive and confidential information, like emails, access credentials, APP passwords and keys, were leaked onto the open internet. The company's data was stored in an Amazon S3 bucket, although, without appropriate security measures for access.
The storage error was identified by cybersecurity researchers after finding the file with millions of sensitive real-time captures. The incident left not only employees linked to the application, but, millions of organizations at risk of fraud, blows, data breaches and identity theft. After becoming aware of what happened, S3 bucket access has been restricted by WorkCompesor.
2,8 billions of leaks in 2025
Until now, the company and cyber researchers have no knowledge or evidence that any cyber crime has been committed from the leaked screenshots. Nonetheless, This recent incident with WorkCompesor demonstrates the importance of companies investing in secure corporate data storage.
At the moment, undefended databases are the most common causes of information leaks on the open internet. Only in 2025, 2,8 billions of records have already been leaked, of different types.
What “sells” WorkCompesor
WorkCompesor is an application that serves as a tool for monitoring employee productivity, especially those who work in a home office model. Through this tool, the hiring company monitors the hours of the employee connected to the application and, mainly, get screenshot, shot at each 20 seconds. At the moment, WorkCompesor has 200 thousand active users from different companies.
