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hell we don't even know if the referenced email accounts were stolen or not. The article says the addresses are "military," but we have no idea how securely the affected branches treat their accounts. They could have default passwords which were never logged into by the original owners.

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This is a good point. One year the military healthcare company was hacked 2-3 times. Imagine all the information the govt makes you fill out to do something simple, how easy it would be to hack an email account knowing all the info you need for medical services.

Fair point.

I am not aware, does xhamster require confirmation of the email address before using the account? That might also be a way to sign up using someone elses email.

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