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0gypsy0 13.12.17 - 08:01pm

I've been using the AI type keyboard years ago on my old phone, a sSamsung with android kitkat,deleted it, the end.
2 months ago or so I signed up for notifications on haveibeenpwnd.com to know if my account was/will be pwned in a data breach and unfortunately, it happened... here's their email :

YOU HAVE BEEN PAWNED!

Here's what's known about the breach:

Email found: my Gmail account
Breach: ai.type
Date of breach: 5 Dec 2017
Number of accounts: 20,580,060
Compromised data: Address book contacts, Apps installed on devices, Cellular network names, Dates of birth, Device information, Email addresses, Genders, Geographic locations, IMEI numbers, IMSI numbers, IP addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Profile photos, Social media profiles
Description: In December 2017, the virtual keyboard applicationai.type was found to have left a huge amount of data publicly facing in an unsecured MongoDB instance. Discovered by researchers at The Kromtech Security Center, the 577GB data set included extensive personal information including over 20 million unique email addresses, social media profiles and address book contacts. The email addresses alone were provided to HIBP to enable impacted users to assess their exposure.

You can also run a search for breaches of your email address again at any time to get a complete list of sites where your account has been compromised.


As with any data breach, the usual advice applies: consider the potential risk to yourself based on the types of data exposed. For example, if passwords were compromised then go to the impacted site and reset yours immediately plus, of course, ensure that you're not reusing that password on any other sites. Please note that it is not possible to retrieve the passwords themselves from HIBP.






The situation is almost criminal! My data is out there now!!!
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0gypsy0 13.12.17 - 08:15pm
I hope this is not as bad as it looks like and I'm just being paranoid. * +

3mel 13.12.17 - 11:59pm
is the keyboard actually AI keyboard ? I wanna look it up and check out this breach... * +

0gypsy0 14.12.17 - 12:09am
Yep, the one from playstore. Very nice one, I didnt buy it though, but after a while it had tons of adds so I've decided to delete it. It was slowing down my phone.
Oh and the email addy that was pwnd it's the one I'm using as main Gmail account. When I 1st checked it on that website,(now they have an app in the playstore) it was alright. Few days ago I received this email from them and I'm all paranoid now.


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0gypsy0 14.12.17 - 12:14am
I subscribed 3 of my email accounts on this site. They notified me... Fk

[link]https://haveibeenpwned.com/[/link] * +

3mel 14.12.17 - 12:33am
did you download it ''free'' from somewhere ? that's often a bad move as it'll have things added into it.

OK never mind that 1st bit. anyone who used it has a problem, BUT it's only been 10 days and you're amongst 31 million others so it's time to get to work.

as they've suggested change email password (you can even alter the name that's linked to any email accounts), change account passwords where money or other personal data is involved first.

check your browsing history to remind you of where you've been that might matter and visit the playstore to see all the apps you've ever downloaded in life.

you can totally squash this in a few hours. * +

0gypsy0 14.12.17 - 12:37am
Nooo, I've downloaded it from playstore, which is why I'm paranoid.Who to trust now?
From other sites I used to download games but since I have the app '' appsgonefree'' i buy stuff when they're on sale or I download when they're free for a limited time. * +

0gypsy0 14.12.17 - 12:38am
And ot was a long time ago i used it. You download something, delete it and you're still there with them?

PS: no victim blaming please and I admit my faults but this time I'm totally innocent, I swear * +

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