• Breach date: 16 October 2024
  • Date added to HIBP: 7 November 2024
  • Compromised accounts: 420,961
  • Compromised data: Email addresses, Usernames
  • rumba@lemmy.zip
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    16 days ago

    How many times can they make use of the same set of data? Aren’t we all just leaked 50 times over by now?

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      16 days ago

      Just think of all the countries and companies that grab this data, group by email address, then start to identify preferences of people around the world. Its not just for identity theft. The possibilities are endless! And horrifying.