The scraped data of 2.6 million DuoLingo users was leaked on a hacking forum, allowing threat actors to conduct targeted phishing attacks using the exposed information.

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    1 year ago

    “Scraped” data suggests that it’s data available on public profile pages. However, the article also says the dump is a mix of public and non-public info. So which is it, scraped or not? It’s an important distinction, because data collection by scraping is technically not a breach.