Trillian was hacked

Trillian is one of the most popular chat clients, allowing you to connect to multiple platforms simultaneously. It has attracted the attention of hackers as well as users. The application has not been hacked, but the vBulletin forum has been, and many users’ names and email addresses have been compromised. The passwords are protected by MD5 encryption, which can be decrypted, but it takes time.

Badoo – Stolen user data

A massive 127 million users have had their data stolen from Badoo, including email addresses, usernames, and password hashes. The latter can be used to obtain passwords – it’s just a matter of time before the procedure is complete. The company denies that the data has been leaked but has sent a letter to all its users asking them to change their passwords and informing them of the benefits of …

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eBay: phishers in action

eBay wasn’t hacked recently, but two years ago, it seems that the data obtained then is now being used again by sending phishing emails to the addresses in the database. The danger here is that because the attacker has a lot of personal data, users might think eBay is trying to communicate with them. In that case, 145 million email addresses and their associated data have fallen into the wrong …

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