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Stuck With An Embarrassing Gmail Address? Google Finally Lets You Change It: Here's How
Google now allows Gmail users to change their email address username without losing data, with restrictions like a 12-month change limit and a total of three lifetime changes allowed.
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17.5 Million Instagram Accounts Compromised In Massive Data Leak: Report
A data breach affecting around 17.5 million Instagram accounts has been reported by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. The leaked data is already being shared freely on hacker forums and the dark web, putting millions of users at risk
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WhatsApp Username Feature Said to Roll Out in 2026, Business Accounts Could Also Get Access
WhatsApp has confirmed that its upcoming Usernames feature will be available to people next year as an optional functionality. The announcement was made via an email sent to WhatsApp business accounts, asking them to adjust their workflows and update their connected systems to prepare for the imminent change. Soon, users will be able to adopt a use...
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Nothing Fixed CMF Watch App Vulnerability That Could Expose Email Addresses, Passwords: Report
Nothing has partially fixed a security vulnerability that affected the CMF Watch app on Android phones that was related to the encryption of user information. The vulnerability could also expose email addresses and passwords used to sign up for an account — these issues have come to light weeks after Nothing Chats was pulled from the Play Store a...
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LinkedIn Suffers Massive Data Breach, Personal Details of 92 Percent Users Being Sold Online: Report
LinkedIn has suffered a new data breach and personal data of 700 million of its users has been put up for sale on the Dark Web. The dataset includes users’ information like email addresses, full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, and LinkedIn username and profile URLs.
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Zynga Hack in September Exposed 173 Million User Accounts: Report
In September, Zynga suffered a major security breach involving around 173 million user accounts. Personal information such as usernames, passwords, and email addresses was stolen.
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Instagram Testing 'Main Account' Feature to Link Multiple Accounts in Single Login: Report
With the new feature, Instagram users will have to make their one account their 'main account' and logging in to that account will enable them to access all of their other accounts as well.
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Under Armour Says 150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts Breached
The stolen data includes account user names, email addresses and scrambled passwords for the popular MyFitnessPal mobile app and website.
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PlayStation, Xbox Piracy Forums Hack Reportedly Sees Data of 2.5 Million Users Leaked
Details such as usernames, passwords, email addresses, and IP addresses can be easily ascertained from the leaked cache.
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Dailymotion Said to Suffer Massive Data Breach With Over 85 Million Accounts Compromised
The data breach is said to have supposedly stolen 85.2 million usernames and email addresses, while 18 million passwords are said to have been bypassed.
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Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft Hacked. Data Up For Sale For As Little As $1
Hundreds of millions of hacked usernames and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters.
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Ray Tomlinson, Inventor of Modern Email, Dies at Age 74
Tomlinson is the one who chose the "@" symbol to connect the username with the destination address and it has now become a cultural icon.
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Stuck With An Embarrassing Gmail Address? Google Finally Lets You Change It: Here's How
Google now allows Gmail users to change their email address username without losing data, with restrictions like a 12-month change limit and a total of three lifetime changes allowed.
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17.5 Million Instagram Accounts Compromised In Massive Data Leak: Report
A data breach affecting around 17.5 million Instagram accounts has been reported by cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes. The leaked data is already being shared freely on hacker forums and the dark web, putting millions of users at risk
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WhatsApp Username Feature Said to Roll Out in 2026, Business Accounts Could Also Get Access
WhatsApp has confirmed that its upcoming Usernames feature will be available to people next year as an optional functionality. The announcement was made via an email sent to WhatsApp business accounts, asking them to adjust their workflows and update their connected systems to prepare for the imminent change. Soon, users will be able to adopt a use...
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Nothing Fixed CMF Watch App Vulnerability That Could Expose Email Addresses, Passwords: Report
Nothing has partially fixed a security vulnerability that affected the CMF Watch app on Android phones that was related to the encryption of user information. The vulnerability could also expose email addresses and passwords used to sign up for an account — these issues have come to light weeks after Nothing Chats was pulled from the Play Store a...
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LinkedIn Suffers Massive Data Breach, Personal Details of 92 Percent Users Being Sold Online: Report
LinkedIn has suffered a new data breach and personal data of 700 million of its users has been put up for sale on the Dark Web. The dataset includes users’ information like email addresses, full names, phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation records, and LinkedIn username and profile URLs.
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Zynga Hack in September Exposed 173 Million User Accounts: Report
In September, Zynga suffered a major security breach involving around 173 million user accounts. Personal information such as usernames, passwords, and email addresses was stolen.
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Instagram Testing 'Main Account' Feature to Link Multiple Accounts in Single Login: Report
With the new feature, Instagram users will have to make their one account their 'main account' and logging in to that account will enable them to access all of their other accounts as well.
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Under Armour Says 150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts Breached
The stolen data includes account user names, email addresses and scrambled passwords for the popular MyFitnessPal mobile app and website.
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PlayStation, Xbox Piracy Forums Hack Reportedly Sees Data of 2.5 Million Users Leaked
Details such as usernames, passwords, email addresses, and IP addresses can be easily ascertained from the leaked cache.
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Dailymotion Said to Suffer Massive Data Breach With Over 85 Million Accounts Compromised
The data breach is said to have supposedly stolen 85.2 million usernames and email addresses, while 18 million passwords are said to have been bypassed.
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Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft Hacked. Data Up For Sale For As Little As $1
Hundreds of millions of hacked usernames and passwords for email accounts and other websites are being traded in Russia's criminal underworld, a security expert told Reuters.
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Ray Tomlinson, Inventor of Modern Email, Dies at Age 74
Tomlinson is the one who chose the "@" symbol to connect the username with the destination address and it has now become a cultural icon.
