Hackers Have Access to More Than 550,000 Gun Owners' Data From Firearm Auction Site
Hackers Have Access to More Than 550,000 Gun Owners' Data From Firearm Auction Site
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Hackers Have Access to More Than 550,000 Gun Owners' Data From Firearm Auction Site
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Hackers breached GunAuction.com, a website that allows people to buy and sell guns, exposing sensitive personal data for more than 550,000 users, including customers’ full names, home addresses, email addresses, plaintext passwords, and telephone numbers.
The stolen data allegedly makes it possible to link a particular person with the sale or purchase of a specific weapon. The researcher who found the breach shared the data with Troy Hunt, owner of Have I Been Pwned, to upload to Hunt’s website.
The researcher discovered a server containing the data, which was u…
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