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The Fly on the Wall data breach (2017)

In December 2017, the stock market news website The Fly on the Wall suffered a data breach. The data in the breach included 84k unique email addresses as well as purchase histories and credit card data.

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The Fly on the Wall
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84.0K
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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 2017-12-31, The Fly on the Wall was affected by a data breach. Approximately 84,011 accounts were exposed. In December 2017, the stock market news website The Fly on the Wall suffered a data breach. The data in the breach included 84k unique email addresses as well as purchase histories and credit card data.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#TheFlyontheWall
  2. theflyonthewall.comhttps://theflyonthewall.com

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