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Eroticy data breach (2015)

In mid-2016, it's alleged that the adult website known as Eroticy was hacked. Almost 1.4 million unique accounts were found circulating in late 2016 which contained a raft of personal information ranging from email addresses to phone numbers to plain text passwords.

Victim
Eroticy
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1.4M
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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 2015-06-01, Eroticy was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,370,175 accounts were exposed. In mid-2016, it's alleged that the adult website known as Eroticy was hacked. Almost 1.4 million unique accounts were found circulating in late 2016 which contained a raft of personal information ranging from email addresses to phone numbers to plain text passwords.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Eroticy
  2. eroticy.comhttps://eroticy.com

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