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Thousands of user emails and passwords from pornographic site YouPorn were exposed in a security breach, the Associated Press reports. The security breach was allegedly caused by a third-party chat service, which “failed to take the appropriate precautions in securing its user data,” according to Kate Miller, spokeswoman of YouPorn parent company Manwin Holding SARL. YouPorn has shut down the breached server and notified its users about the security breach. To make matters worse, a list of user emails and accompanying passwords (in plain text) is already circulating online.
YouPorn User Emails and Passwords Exposed
Google Agonizes on Privacy as Advertising World Vaults Ahead - WSJ.com
(Please see Corrections & Amplifications item below) A confidential, seven-page Google Inc. "vision statement" shows the information-age giant in a deep round of soul-searching over a basic question: How far should it go in profiting from its crown jewels—the vast trove of data it possesses about people's activities?
L'internet du futur a besoin de nouvelles infrastructures de séc
L'Internet tel qu'on le connaît a vécu.