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Zynga's September security breach compromised accounts of 173 million Farmville and Words with Friends players

23 December 2019 • 1 min read

Attacker behind the breach had claimed to have snaffled email addresses, login names and passwords of 220 million accounts

More than 170 million accounts were compromised when Zynga, maker of the popular Farmville game and Words with Friends, was compromised following a security breach in September 2019. The breach ...

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