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Proton: Personal details for thousands of US political staffers leaked on the dark web

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Summary
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67% Informative

Swiss software developer Proton analyzed 16,543 email addresses belonging to US political staffers, finding that 3,191 were at risk.

The research shows that nearly 300 staffers had details exposed in more than 10 leaks.

One person had 31 plain-text passwords exposed on the dark web.

VR Score

60

Informative language

54

Neutral language

16

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

50

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

2

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