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Scraped data of 2.6 million Duolingo users released on hacking forum (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] ansik@kbin.social 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

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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