Data breach exposes 18 million users' information

Synopsis

In April 2011, the company disclosed a data breach affecting 18,000,000 users where attackers accessed data on several of the company’s servers exposing source code, API security keys and social media passwords.

As part of their incident response, the company stressed the importance of having strong passwords and provided their users with some password tips to stay secure.

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