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I just searched myself and found that my "Apollo" information was leaked in 2018. I don't know what "Apollo" is though and don't think they should have my details. Does anyone know details about that leak?


It was a company that scraped public LinkedIn profiles and then got their database popped.


It's odd because an email I only use on Facebook is in the Apollo leak (and the Zynga one due to Words with Friends on Facebook.) So does Apollo have information from more than just Linkedin?


That means my email address must have been accessible publicly.


Yeah I'm not sure, they might have scraped other info too e.g. GitHub. Frankly I think it's kind of silly to categorize this as a "breach" when all the data was publicly available. And if you're trying to hide your email, you're fighting a losing battle already. Best to just assume your email is public knowledge.


public information became public?




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