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fromTechRepublic
6 days ago

Data Leak Exposes 149M Logins, Including Gmail, Facebook

A publicly exposed, unprotected database contained 149,404,754 account credentials (96GB), including government, cryptocurrency, and consumer logins, likely harvested by infostealer malware.
fromSocial Media Today
2 months ago

X Clarifies Details About its New Location Sharing Feature

Bier also notes that the account creation country is also incorrect on a subset of old accounts particularly for those who created an account using a VPN or via certain devices that were routed through another region's servers. Bier says that the errors will be rectified this week. Bier also says that X will not display the location on any "gray check" government accounts, in order, Bier says, to "prevent acts of terrorism against government leaders. "
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