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Under Armour Says 150 Million MyFitnessPal Accounts Were Hacked (fortune.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

Under Armour said about 150 million user accounts for its MyFitnessPal nutrition tracker were breached earlier this year. From a report: An unauthorized party stole data from the accounts in late February, Under Armour said on Thursday. It became aware of the breach earlier this week and took steps to alert users about the incident, the company said.

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  1. unacceptable! by supernova87a · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great, now Russian operatives know how many times I can squat 75 pounds before needing to treat myself to 3 cookies.

    1. Re: unacceptable! by Type44Q · · Score: 2

      6cm

      Taint that much.

  2. 150M accounts? by Khashishi · · Score: 2

    How do they even have 150M accounts? Do 2% of people on Earth have MyFitnessPal accounts?

    1. Re:150M accounts? by Stud+McPeckChest · · Score: 2

      How do they even have 150M accounts?

      Under Armour seems to have purchased a whole herd of fitness sites and brought them together under them. I noticed that MFP, a cycling site and a running site I use (not with great results but I use them) all came under their control within the past few years. I also noticed a lot of overlap between the sites after the acquisitions so I am guessing that breaking into one system gave them access to everything. I actually kind of liked the homogeneity after the merges but this is the obvious downside.