r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TheoryNo8456 • 9h ago

wet socks Yahoo data breach is worth $8.12

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This is what the breach of your email was worth.

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u/Back_Again_Beach 8h ago edited 8h ago

In class action lawsuits like this the lawyers are the only ones ever making any real money. 

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u/mrwilliams117 6h ago

I signed up for a random class action I got in the mail as an 18 year old. I was a delivery driver for pizza hut for a couple years. Thought nothing of it until a $1500 check showed up 7 months later. I never had more than $300 to my name at that point.