m_km3d ago

Someone at BrowserStack Is Leaking Users' Email Address

https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/04/someone-at-browserstack-is-leaking-users-email-address/

Someone at BrowserStack is Leaking Users' Email Address

Like all good nerds, I generate a unique email address for every service I sign up to. This has several advantages - it allows me to see if a message is legitimately from a service, if a service is hacked the hackers can't go credential stuffing, and I instantly know who leaked my address. A few weeks ago I signed up for BrowserStack as I wanted to join their Open Source programme. I had a few…

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Show threadjofzar3d ago

> BrowserStack routinely sell or give away their users' data.

> A third-party service used by BrowserStack siphons off information to send to others.

> An employee or contractor at BrowserStack is exfiltrating user data and transferring it elsewhere.

Or the simpler answer, their db/email list has been compromised.

Show threadjen203d ago
The simplest answer is they are voluntarily being scum and selling user data to make a quick buck. It’s almost universally true.
Show threadgruez

>and selling user data to make a quick buck

Are there actually companies that will pay you $$$ for a list of emails?

Apr 5 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadjen203d ago
Not exactly, but plenty will just sell everything to data brokers.