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> Some of data was much more detailed than just the email address and included personally identifiable information (PII) ... ‘Emailrecords’ was structured to include zip / phone / address / gender / email / user IP / DOB

How messed up is it that random 3rd parties collect and assemble all this information to begin with, leaks aside? Sounds to me like all this data fell into unscrupulous hands way before any hackers may have found it on the public internet.

parent alxmdev 7 years ago

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