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Old Nov 30, 2018, 2:48 pm
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
Lot's of paranoia in this thread.

Data Breaches aren't exactly uncommon. And just because you can see the read the data, doesn't mean you can actually do anything with it if it is encrypted or incomplete.

If the door has been open at least 4 years - I'd certainly think someone by now would have been impacted - and I haven't read anything that any particular person has had an issue.
Well, with how everyone's data is already out there it's hard to nail exact causes for ID theft. It's no data that hasn't already been leaked before.

While unlikely, it could also be a state actor or industrial espionage. Knowing where people are planning to go is useful information for both states or for unscrupulous enterprises. Think M&A, unusual financial auditing activity, where certain government officials plan to go before announcements, and so on.
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