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Scraped data of 2.6 million Duolingo users released on hacking forum (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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

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The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a list on what data exactly got leaked, that wasn't public before?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

However, Duolingo did not address the fact that email addresses were also listed in the data, which is not public information.

From the Article, emphasis by me

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Rip my email I use specifically for organizations I don't trust