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GitHub says bug exposed some plaintext passwords

A small but unspecified number of GitHub staff could have seen plaintext passwords. GitHub has said a bug exposed some user passwords — in plaintext. The code repository site, with more than 27 million users as of last year, sent an email to affected users Tuesday. “During the course of regular auditing, GitHub discovered that […]

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6.6 million plaintext passwords exposed as site gets hacked to the bone

Next time a site wants your personal info, remember the ClixSense debacle. Plaintext passwords, usernames, e-mail addresses, and a wealth of other personal information has been published for more than 2.2 million people who created accounts with ClixSense, a site that claims to pay users for viewing ads and completing online surveys. The people who dumped […]

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