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Hackers leak personal data of over 16,000 users of buypersonalproxy-com
Data includes full names, email addresses, PayPal email addresses, payment methods used, and even plain text passwords
Hackers have posted the data for free
Data leak reflects on the unreliability of online proxy providers
this breach again shows that using proxy services, whether free or paid, is always a bad idea they usually also have terrible security and even store passwords in plain text.
to date no major reputable VPN provider has been breached by hackers resulting in the personal data of users being leaked online. As such, using a trusted VPN is always more secure than using a proxy service.
The hacker or hackers in question have posted that information for free, meaning that the database will very likely end up in the hands of many cybercriminals.