Mumsnet user details stolen by hackers following DDoS attack

Danny Palmer
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Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts also subjected to 'swatting' attack by same culprit

Mumsnet's 7.7 million users have been urged to immediately change their passwords after the parenting website temporarily shut down in a DDoS attack by hackers as part of a wider campaign against i...

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