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Cupid Media Data Breach: 42 Million Passwords Exposed In Plain Text

Calendar Nov 20, 2013 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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42 Million Passwords The data was found on the same server where the hacked data from some other big heists was stored (Adobe/PR Newswire/NW3C etc). And to make it even worse, at least 10% of the users (which itself is over 4 million) use absolutely terrible passwords

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