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Mashable data breach (2020)

In approximately mid-2020, Mashable suffered a data breach that subsequently turned up publicly in November 2020. The data included 1.4 million unique email addresses along with names, genders, expired auth tokens, physical locations, links to social media profiles and days and months of birth.

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Mashable
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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 2020-06-01, Mashable was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,414,677 accounts were exposed. In approximately mid-2020, Mashable suffered a data breach that subsequently turned up publicly in November 2020. The data included 1.4 million unique email addresses along with names, genders, expired auth tokens, physical locations, links to social media profiles and days and months of birth.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Mashable
  2. mashable.comhttps://mashable.com

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