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===Data breach===

In August 2018, Reddit suffered a data breach due to employees using SMS two-factor authentication (2FA). Leaked data included old hashed passwords and private messages from before 2007.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=1 Aug 2018 |title=Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/reddit-breach-highlights-limits-of-sms-based-authentication/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=krebsonsecurity.com}}</ref>

~~===Erasing Aaron Swartz===~~

In October 2020, Reddit removed the late co-founder [[wikipedia:Aaron_Swartz|'''Aaron Swartz''']] from their About page.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 Oct 2020 |title=Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a founder |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24677419 |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=news.ycombinator.com}}</ref> Swartz was a political activist supporting open access to knowledge resources. He died by suicide in 2013 to avoid prosecution for leaking MIT's archive of research articles.

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 ===Data breach===
 In August 2018, Reddit suffered a data breach due to employees using SMS two-factor authentication (2FA). Leaked data included old hashed passwords and private messages from before 2007.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=1 Aug 2018 |title=Reddit Breach Highlights Limits of SMS-Based Authentication |url=https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/08/reddit-breach-highlights-limits-of-sms-based-authentication/ |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=krebsonsecurity.com}}</ref>
-===Erasing Aaron Swartz===
-In October 2020, Reddit removed the late co-founder [[wikipedia:Aaron_Swartz|'''Aaron Swartz''']] from their About page.<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 Oct 2020 |title=Reddit’s About page doesn't include Aaron Swartz as a founder |url=https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24677419 |url-status=live |access-date=21 Apr 2025 |website=news.ycombinator.com}}</ref> Swartz was a political activist supporting open access to knowledge resources. He died by suicide in 2013 to avoid prosecution for leaking MIT's archive of research articles.
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