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Money Bookers data breach (2009)

Sometime in 2009, the e-wallet service known as Money Bookers suffered a data breach which exposed almost 4.5M customers. Now called Skrill, the breach was not discovered until October 2015 and included names, email addresses, home addresses and IP addresses.

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Money Bookers
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4.5M
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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 2009-01-01, Money Bookers was affected by a data breach. Approximately 4,483,605 accounts were exposed. Sometime in 2009, the e-wallet service known as Money Bookers suffered a data breach which exposed almost 4.5M customers. Now called Skrill, the breach was not discovered until October 2015 and included names, email addresses, home addresses and IP addresses.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#MoneyBookers
  2. moneybookers.comhttps://moneybookers.com

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