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Evite Data Breach

In April 2019, the popular social planning and e-invitation website, Evite, became aware of possible unauthorized activity on their systems. After an investigation concluding in May, they determined that since February of 2019 a hacker had obtained the names, usernames, email addresses and passwords of customers, and if the customers had provided them, their birthdays, phone numbers and mailing addresses. The hacker posted this information as for sale on the dark web.

Capital One Data Breach

Capital One announced on July 30, 2019 that they suffered a data breach which exposed 106 million customers information in the United States and Canada. The breach occurred on March 22 and 23 of this year, with the hacker stealing the information of customers that applied for a credit card between 2005 and 2019. The FBI has arrested the hacker.

FriendFinder Networks Inc.

In November 2016, it was reported that FriendFinder Networks Inc. had a data breach where over 400 million usernames and passwords were compromised. As of November 15, 2016, we are unable to search through the database. In the future, you can check to see if your account was compromised at the following websites:

https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites

https://www.leakedsource.com/main/

If you believe that your account has been compromised, you can take the following steps: