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   From: nomine@cda.ca   
      
   The 'risk' now coming from the online dating service itself.   
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   January 31, 2011  -  By CBC News   
      
   B.C. dating website hacked   
      
      
   A hacker broke into the online dating website Plenty of Fish last week,   
   successfully exporting   
   hundreds of accounts.   
   Markus Frind, CEO of the Vancouver-based company, said Monday all passwords   
   have been reset   
   since the Jan. 18 security breach.   
      
   He also said all account users have been contacted.   
      
   However, in a blog post Monday, he acknowledged 345 accounts were successfully   
   exported.   
      
   Steffani Cameron has had an account with Plenty of Fish for four years. She   
   plans to delete her   
   account because she doesn't trust the company's security measures.   
      
   "When I was getting my weekly customer care email, they were saying, 'You've   
   got more matches   
   and here is your password.' Anybody who sends passwords unencrypted in plain   
   text in an email   
   has some serious issues with understanding what security really means," she   
   said.   
      
   Approximately 28 million people have logged onto the Plenty of Fish website   
   since its   
   inception. It is a free service.   
      
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