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Avvo data breach (2019)

In approximately December 2019, an alleged data breach of the lawyer directory service Avvo was published to an online hacking forum and used in an extortion scam (it's possible the exposure dates back earlier than that).

Victim
Avvo
records
4.1M
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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2019-12-17, Avvo was affected by a data breach. Approximately 4,101,101 accounts were exposed. In approximately December 2019, an alleged data breach of the lawyer directory service Avvo was published to an online hacking forum and used in an extortion scam (it's possible the exposure dates back earlier than that).

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Avvo
  2. avvo.comhttps://avvo.com

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