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5.4M user records published (API vulnerability)

2022 5.4M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Email addresses, Phone numbers

Technical writeup

Hacker published email/phone for 5.4M users; had exploited API bug in late 2021, tried to sell for $30k in July. Part of larger 200M+ scrape.

Root cause

API vulnerability (submit email/phone, get account).

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