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In 2009, a former AOL employee stole over 92 million screen names and email addresses, later selling them to spammers. The breach led to billions of unsolicited emails and significant disruption to email services.

Year: 2009 Users Affected Millions: 92 Country: United States
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    In 2009, a former AOL employee stole over 92 million screen names and email addresses, later selling them to spammers. The breach led to billions of unsolicited emails and significant disruption to email services.

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