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71 crore email IDs leaked in 1 of largest data breaches ever
short by Vani Vivek / on Wednesday, 30 August, 2017
Security researchers have uncovered over 71.1 crore leaked email addresses along with a number of passwords in one of world's largest data breaches. The leak occurred after servers hosted by spammers in the Netherlands were left unsecured, allowing any visitor to download information without needing any credentials. However, the dataset is also said to include fake and repeated email addresses.
read more at The Guardian