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2.9 billion hit in one of the largest data breaches ever — full names, addresses and SSNs exposed(www.tomsguide.com)

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UselesslyBrisk@infosec.pub
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Are you proxying or using a VPN to access their site. I often see IP blocks, even if that proxy is a simple socks proxy to a VPS i own. Many VPS subnets are blocked/restricted wholesale, as are many of the big VPN endpoint ips.

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/home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
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Yeah I use VPN. Maybe I should jump to random countries or maybe turn it off.

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That will 100% cause it with the 3 larger creditors (where fraud targeting is likely one of the highest…)

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