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Re-cap of this week's Newsletters

Hey Techies! In case you may have missed this week’s Newsletters, here is a recap:

We've got some breaking news about a recent data breach that might affect one of your favorite online platforms, Reddit. 🕵️‍♂️ Hackers from the BlackCat ransomware group, also known as ALPHV, claim to have sneaked into Reddit's systems in February and swiped around 80 gigabytes of secret stuff. 😱 

These crafty hackers posted on the dark web, kind of like the hidden side of the internet, that they wanted a cool $4.5 million to keep quiet about the stolen data. But guess what? Reddit didn't listen, and they even wanted the platform to change a new rule they didn't like.

We've got some unsettling news that we think you should know about, especially if you're part of the Roblox universe. 😟 Sensitive information from thousands of Roblox creators was exposed in a data breach that happened during Roblox Developer Conferences between 2017 and 2020. And guess what? The company didn't even tell anyone about it for a whopping two years! 😱 

Here's the deal: Personal data from attendees got leaked, including names, dates of birth, email addresses, physical addresses, IP addresses, phone numbers, and even T-shirt sizes. It's like a treasure trove of your private stuff for bad actors to lay their hands on.

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