2.6 million Duolingo users’ accounts exposed in data leak
Duolingo, a popular language-learning app and site, suffered a data leak exposing more than 2.6 million user e-mail addresses...
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Duolingo, a popular language-learning app and site, suffered a data leak exposing more than 2.6 million user e-mail addresses...
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