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Passwords Stored in Plain Text During OkCupid Breach, Investigation Reveals

26
Jun
2014

The investigation of last years OkCupid security incident is over and the findings showed that there were no encryption mechanisms in place to protect the sensitive information of the 254,000 users whose info was stolen. The Australian Privacy Commissioner, Timothy Pilgrim, concluded that Cupid Media, the company administrating the OkCupid dating site, did not comply […]

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Lonely hearts left exposed

25
Jun
2014

Australian online dating company Cupid Media breached the Privacy Act by failing to take reasonable steps to secure the personal information of 254,000 Australians held on its dating websites, the privacy commissioner has found .

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OkCupid data breach remedied following Privacy Act volitation

25
Jun
2014

The Privacy Commissioner found that Cupid Media had failed to take steps to secure personal information on its webservers that resulted in approximately 254,000 user information being stolen.

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