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PlentyOfFish.com Hacked!

The free online dating site PlentyOfFish.com was broken into this weekend by an Argentinian hacker who downloaded user information, according to a blog post by the site’s creator, Markus Frind.

The hacker, Chris Russo, told TechCrunch he was able to access the usernames, addresses, phone numbers, real names, email addresses, passwords in Read More

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