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CNBC's Web Site Leaked Passwords To Ad Networks
- Network World, Thursday, March 31, 2016 12:23 PM
CNBC's Web site accidentally shared people's passwords with ad networks earlier this week. The site offered an interactive tool that allowed people to enter passwords, in order to test their security. But the site wasn't encrypted, which meant that third-party ad networks present on the page -- including Google's DoubleClick -- also received them.
