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Could leave to massive impersonation attempts. All the folks here on HN are probably very tech savvy, so we’ll likely have a strong password + 2FA. But mom and pops that just got their email addresses leaked? Probably not. So they might start just trying out a rainbow table of common passwords and getting access to peoples emails. Once you’re there getting to home banking and other privileged resources is not hard.


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