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Pinterest has locked an undisclosed number of user accounts as a result of a spam outbreak, the company confirmed in an email on Friday. The accounts, which "were associated with a specific piece of spam," may have been compromised, Pinterest acknowledged. But the company blamed recent leaks of user log-in credentials from other websites, rather than a data breach of its own. "We suspect this spam may be related to the recent leaks of credentials from other sites, which serves as an important reminder [for users] to have unique logins and passwords" for every site they use, a Pinterest representative said over email. The most public recent incidents of leaked credentials involved LinkedIn and Yahoo. Roughly 6.5 million encrypted LinkedIn account passwords were Pinterest began posting on July 10 On Monday, Pinterest asked users whose accounts had been locked to respond to a survey. The survey has since been But Pinterest appears to have gotten the answers it needed. The company is now working on re-activating the accounts in question, it said. Cameron Scott covers search, web services and privacy for The IDG News Service. Follow Cameron on Twitter atPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing ManufacturerPinterest locked user accounts due to spam outbreak - Jet engine parts - Turbine housing Manufacturer We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Jet engine parts , Turbine housing Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Compressor wheels.
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