And off - topic loads of forums and WordPress sites would get called out for accepting passwords
over plaintext.
For instance, Steam would be called out for insecure cookies and collecting Date of Birth
over plaintext.
The data is sent
over plaintext HTTP to the IP address 192.150.16.235, which belongs to Adobe Systems in California.
Not exact matches
This time, a hacker on a dark web forum called «Hell» claims to have sold the email addresses and
plaintext passwords of
over 27 million users of dating site Mate1.com.
Every OkCupid email, chat session, search, clicked link, page viewed, and username is transmitted
over the Internet in unencrypted
plaintext, where it can be intercepted and read by anyone on the network.
That means the login credentials are
plaintext over the internet, as well.