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Topic: Database leak? Receiving e-mail spam to address exclusively used on Bitcointalk (Read 301 times)

sr. member
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Old news. There was a hack last year and a hacker got some parts of the forum's data. It has been floating around the internet for a while now.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/database-leaked-1642823

Thanks for the link, must have gone over my head back then.
hero member
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Experientia docet
I started receiving e-mail spam to a unique randomly generated mail address that I have only used to register on Bitcointalk. Since my address is set to private ("hide from public"), the database / server might have a security problem somewhere. Admins, could you please check if there's been any suspicious activity?
Does anyone else have evidence for a possible data leak?

Old news. There was a hack last year and a hacker got quite a huge chunk (if not all) of the forum's database. It has been floating around the internet for a while now.
https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/database-leaked-1642823
sr. member
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Someone tried to reset the password on my Facebook account yesterday, the same email is used to register on this forum.
Could be a total coincidence but if other users are experiencing the same thing its worth looking into at least.
sr. member
Activity: 288
Merit: 250
I started receiving e-mail spam to a unique randomly generated mail address that I have only used to register on Bitcointalk. Since my address is set to private ("hide from public"), the database / server might have a security problem somewhere. Admins, could you please check if there's been any suspicious activity?
Does anyone else have evidence for a possible data leak?
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