Friend Finder’s massive hack revealed 412 million accounts Philippines, US, Australia, UK, Thailand affected

FLORIDA, U.S. - More than 400 million accounts have been exposed after the FriendFinder Network, an adult dating site that claims to be the ‘world’s largest sex and swinger community’ was hacked through a local inclusion exploit.

The massive data breach created waves across the internet after it exposed over 412 million accounts, emails and passwords from the websites and made them available on criminal marketplaces.
The database, however, does not include personal information but it did confirm that the hacker had been a user.

Without any surprise, the passwords revealed were awfully low on security - with the top three most used passwords being "123456," "12345" and "123456789."

Some other details that the database reportedly included was whether or not the user was a VIP member, users’ browser information, the last IP address used to log in, and confirmation on a users purchases.
What’s shocking is that the database also included over 15 million accounts that had been previously deleted, that has raised concerns.

At the same time, the site also stored information for former assets, such as Penthouses, that are no longer in its possession.

This isn’t the first time that the FriendFinder Network has been hacked. The site was earlier hacked in May 2015, exposing 3.5 million user accounts.

In 2015, another online dating website, Ashley Madison was hacked, exposing user accounts and their intimate details such as their sexual preferences, fetishes, and other fantasies to everyone online.

In contrast, the recent FriendFinder hack did not contain details of sexual orientation or the likes.

According to Diana Ballou, vice president and senior counsel of FriendFinder, “Over the past several weeks, FriendFinder has received a number of reports regarding potential security vulnerabilities from a variety of sources. Immediately upon learning this information, we took several steps to review the situation and bring in the right external partners to support our investigation.”

Meanwhile, FriendFinder has yet to officially give a statement and justify as to why the company had been storing deleted accounts.

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Over 50% of Young Women in Korea Are Having Unprotected Sex

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that among the 1,000 women polled, 96% were educated on birth control. Of these women, 80% were taught how to use condoms, The Korea Times reported.

However, among the 674 respondents who had sex in the past year, only 47% engaged in protected sex.

Researchers blamed South Korea’s school system for placing less of an emphasis on sex education:

“The curriculum of public schools is more focused on college entrance exams. Therefore, the educators spend less time on physical education and teach sex education in a one-time event.”

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A recently-published survey has revealed that 53% of South Korean women in their 20s did not use contraceptives while they had sex in the past year.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that among the 1,000 women polled, 96% were educated on birth control. Of these women, 80% were taught how to use condoms, The Korea Times reported.

However, among the 674 respondents who had sex in the past year, only 47% engaged in protected sex.

Researchers blamed South Korea’s school system for placing less of an emphasis on sex education:

“The curriculum of public schools is more focused on college entrance exams. Therefore, the educators spend less time on physical education and teach sex education in a one-time event.”

For a long time, the country has been known for administrating Suneung, its national college entrance test similar to China’s Gaokao, Japan’s Sentā and America’s SAT.

But the Suneung is a uniquely notorious test that halts airplane flights and requires the police to escort examinees on their way to testing centers. Students prepare for this sole, make-or-break test during most of their middle and high school lives.

That leaves less time to learn about sex. Government schools only render 17 to 34 hours of sex education for teenagers each year.

Researchers expressed their hope for a better system to be put in place:

“Like the Netherlands and Switzerland, Korea should provide practical educational programs to students so they can prevent unwanted pregnancies and have healthy sex lives.”

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War on Drugs: 3rd shabu drug lab found in Pampanga, Philippines - 3 Chinese sought by police

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — Policemen in Pampanga and Bulacan are after three Chinese nationals suspected of operating a laboratory and warehouse of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride), which was discovered in Apalit, Pampanga, on Saturday (Nov. 12).

Robert Ngan Yiu Ting, also known as Robert Gan, and his supposed cohorts Lolita and Raymond Gan, are now subjects of a manhunt, according to Chief Supt. Aaron Aquino, Central Luzon police director.

The laboratory was discovered at the Gans’ residence in Sitio Sto. Niño in Barangay San Juan, when Enrique Calaguas, sheriff of the Regional Trial Court Branch 79 in the City of Malolos in Bulacan province, served a writ of execution in a civil case between the Gans and Feedmix Specialist II Inc., a report released here on Monday (Nov. 14) stated.

Police found chemicals and equipment used in the manufacture of shabu, but have not released any information as to how many kilograms of shabu it could produce, nor when it began operating in the village.
This was the third shabu laboratory found in Pampanga this year.

Two other facilities were found in the towns of Magalang and Arayat in September.
In previous years, four laboratories were uncovered in Angeles City.  SFM

Read more: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/149534/3rd-shabu-lab-found-in-pampanga-3-chinese-sought-by-cops#ixzz4Q1gVEB58

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