Up to 100 million Quora accounts affected by data breach

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The question and answer community Quora confirmed today that up to 100 million accounts of users were compromised in a data breach.

It noticed on Friday that "some user data was compromised by a third party who gained unauthorized access" to a company system.

The company's investigation is still ongoing; Quora hired a digital forensics and security firm, and notified law enforcement officials.

Quora notes that the following data may have been compromised for "approximately 100 million Quora users":

• Account information: name, email address, encrypted password, data imports from linked networks.
  
• Public content and activity, e.g. questions and answers.
  
• Non-public content and activity, e.g. direct messages or answer requests.
  

The company is in the process of informing affected users about the breach. Users affected by the breach should receive an email with information. The email is an exact copy of the post on the Quora website.

Full reading: https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/04/up-to-...ta-breach/