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===Data Breach (2014-05-08)=== | ===Data Breach (2014-05-08)=== | ||
The company suffered from a data breach in May of 2014, resulting in 9.3 million of users' access credentials to be compromised.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-09 |title=Bitly link-shortening service 'compromised' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27340494 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-06 |title=Bitly |url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Bitly |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=haveibeenpwned.com}}</ref> The CEO Mark Josephson then published a blog post explaining the issue and providing the appropriate safety measures.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Josephson |first=Mark |date=2014-05-08 |title=Urgent Security Update Regarding Your Bitly Account |url= | The company suffered from a data breach in May of 2014, resulting in 9.3 million of users' access credentials to be compromised.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-05-09 |title=Bitly link-shortening service 'compromised' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27340494 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=BBC}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-06 |title=Bitly |url=https://haveibeenpwned.com/breach/Bitly |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=haveibeenpwned.com}}</ref> The CEO Mark Josephson then published a blog post explaining the issue and providing the appropriate safety measures.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Josephson |first=Mark |date=2014-05-08 |title=Urgent Security Update Regarding Your Bitly Account |url=https://blog.bitly.com/post/85169217199/urgent-security-update-regarding-your-bitly-account |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140509101322/https://blog.bitly.com/post/85169217199/urgent-security-update-regarding-your-bitly-account |archive-date=2014-05-09 |access-date=2025-08-16 |website=Bitly}}</ref> | ||
===QR-Code-Generator.com “free” QR code lockout (2025-07-30)=== | ===QR-Code-Generator.com “free” QR code lockout (2025-07-30)=== | ||