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AOL Admits Data Breach Was Behind Spam Surge

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Apr

2014

The surge of spam seemingly sent from AOL email accounts last week was the result of a serious data breach on AOLs internal network and systems, the company said yesterday (April 28). Two percent of AOL email accounts (approximately half a million users) may have been compromised, and all AOL users are strongly encouraged to […]

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AOL hack causes zombie spam

29

Apr

2014

Whether or not you use AOL, a recently exposed mass hack of the company’s network promises trouble for everybody.

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AOL Calls In Forensic Experts and Federal Authorities to Investigate Data Breach

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Apr

2014

Earlier this month, AOL revealed that spammers were spoofing customers email addresses in an effort to lure users to various shady websites. While the spam emails havent been sent directly from the impacted customers accounts, it turns out that AOL has suffered a data breach. After its initial analysis, AOL revealed that the spammers were […]

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