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KiwiFarms data breach (2019)

In September 2019, the forum for discussing "lolcows" (people who can be milked for laughs) Kiwi Farms suffered a data breach. The disclosure notice advised that email and IP addresses, dates of birth and content created by members were all exposed in the incident.

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KiwiFarms
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4.6K
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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 2019-09-10, KiwiFarms was affected by a data breach. Approximately 4,606 accounts were exposed. In September 2019, the forum for discussing "lolcows" (people who can be milked for laughs) Kiwi Farms suffered a data breach. The disclosure notice advised that email and IP addresses, dates of birth and content created by members were all exposed in the incident.

Sources

  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#KiwiFarms
  2. kiwifarms.nethttps://kiwifarms.net

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