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Earth 2 had a data breach. (haveibeenpwned.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Breach date: 16 October 2024

Date added to HIBP: 7 November 2024

Compromised accounts: 420,961

Compromised data: Email addresses, Usernames

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.