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 Quora reports data breach affecting 100 million users

By Jim Puzzanghera on LATimes.com/

Quora, a question-and-answer website, has reported a data breach affecting about 100 million users. The data breach “is nothing like” the massive one announced Friday by Marriott International Inc. but it still raises concerns, said Pam Dixon, executive director of the World Privacy Forum, a nonprofit public interest group.The Marriott breach lasted four years and compromised the information of as many as 500 million of its hotel guests worldwide. For about 327 million, the stolen data may have included important personal information such as birth dates and passport numbers. Dixon said that type of data made the breach much more significant than Quora’s, which did not include such information. In a blog post, Chief Executive Adam D’Angelo said user account information such as user names, email addresses, encrypted passwords and data imported from linked networks may have been compromised. "The main issue here is going to be phishing," Dixon said of Quora’s breach. Phishing emails seek to trick a person into clicking on a link that allows the scammer to get personal information or puts malware programs on the person’s computer. The phishing potential could be significant if data that Quora imported from other networks included things like contact lists or full Facebook profiles. Quora did not specify the type of information involved. “This is just a really great reminder for everyone that if you’re going to chat on social media or any other websites, it’s a great idea to have a throwaway email not connected to your work and not your primary personal email,” Dixon said. “It just makes all the sense in the world to not make it your favorite email. If it’s hacked, you delete it.”

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I have been warning people for years.

I personally have four email addresses at the present time.

I will probably delete a couple of them in the

New Year

and add two new ones.

Remember,

any

Website,

Corporation,

or

Government,

can be

Hacked

if the person doing the

Hacking

has enough time.

Even your self driving car!

This is,

Saying,

Everyplace You Go In Life,

You Need To Use Common Sense To Protect Yourself.

This Includes The Internet.

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Most hackers are young because young people tend to be adaptable. As long as you remain adaptable, you can always be a good hacker.”
- Emmanuel Goldstein -

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