Fore Coffee breach exposes up to 5.7 million app accounts
Fore Coffee disclosed unauthorised access affecting up to 5.7 million FORE app accounts, including names, email addresses and phone numbers.
Areas of Focus
Email InfrastructureSMTP & MTA ArchitectureSPF, DKIM, DMARC & SRSEmail Privacy & SecurityCredential Stuffing PreventionSoftware Engineering
Articles by Ahsan Luqman
271 articlesHow to Protect Your Email When Getting Insurance Quotes
Insurance quote forms feed lead-selling chains. A separate alias per site traces later mail to its source, and policy mail moves to a permanent address.
How to Protect Your Email When Joining a Waitlist
A waitlist signup can mean months of launch mail from a product that may never ship. One alias per waitlist keeps the main inbox separate.
Is iCloud Mail Safe? Security, Privacy, and the Catch
iCloud Mail is a secure inbox with a readable archive: strong account protection, transport and at-rest encryption, but no end-to-end encryption for mail.
Myrealtrip confirms breach exposing some passport numbers
Myrealtrip confirmed on 25 October 2026 that an unauthorised outsider accessed its systems and leaked user data, including passport numbers for some users.
Proton Plans Staff Re-Interviews on AI Use
A leaked Proton email reported by 404 Media describes AI-use re-interviews for selected staff from 4 to 11 November 2026, with roles or employment at stake.
AfD hosting breach exposes 345,439 email addresses
Attackers copied mailboxes at AfD hosting provider Alternita in September 2026, exposing 345,439 email addresses listed by Have I Been Pwned on 27 October.
Can Websites Tell You Are Using an Email Alias?
Some websites can tell an address is an alias, usually from its domain. Detection is not rejection, and plain aliases on clean domains pass more often than random strings on shared domains.
Daishin Securities Data Breach Exposes 38,490 Customers
Daishin Securities disclosed on 28 October 2026 that access to an account opening server leaked information of 38,490 customers, including email addresses.
How to Protect Your Email When Donating to Charity
A separate email alias for each charity keeps donor lists apart, keeps tax receipts reachable, and stops one charity's appeals from reaching a main inbox.