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'''Quidd''' was a privately held American collectible app founded in 2016 by Michael Bramlage and Erich Wood.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/company/quidd-inc</ref> According to their LinkedIn, the app had 19 employees, over 8 million users and represented 325 brands as collectible digital stickers. In 2017, the app was #1 in search and #5 in the App Store's entertainment category.<ref>https://x.com/quidd/status/918843147429564416</ref> In 2019, the company would be bought by the Hong Kong-based company Animoca Brands, who would move the 2.1 billion individually serialized digital collectibles on the blockchain.<ref>https://venturebeat.com/business/animoca-brands-buys-quidd-for-up-to-8-million-as-it-moves-into-blockchain-collectibles/</ref> In 2022, the company would introduce "Mintables," which let users turn their stickers into NFTs<ref name="A2022">https://blockchain.news/news/quidd-launches-new-platform-mintablesenabling-users-to-mint-digital-collectibles-into-nfts</ref> and convert them into Etherium.<ref>https://x.com/mbram/status/1638599791490768909</ref> These brands included Dr. Seuss,<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/22/this-dapper-labs-backed-company-is-turning-dr-seuss-characters-into-nft-trading-cards/</ref> L.O.L Suprise,<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mga-entertainment-partners-quidd-l-120000526.html</ref> Disney,<ref>https://www.newswire.com/news/bare-tree-media-and-quidd-team-up-to-offer-digital-collectibles-for-21714386</ref> Spongebob,<ref>https://x.com/mbram/status/1708162937871835631</ref> Rick and Morty,<ref name="A2022" /> and others.

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==Data breach==

In 2019, the Quidd portal was hacked, exposing 4 million user accounts.<ref>https://cybersecuritynews.com/4-million-quidd/</ref> The information in these accounts included usernames, email addresses, and passwords from the hacked accounts. The data was made for sale in October of that year.

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 '''Quidd''' was a privately held American collectible app founded in 2016 by Michael Bramlage and Erich Wood.<ref>https://www.linkedin.com/company/quidd-inc</ref> According to their LinkedIn, the app had 19 employees, over 8 million users and represented 325 brands as collectible digital stickers. In 2017, the app was #1 in search and #5 in the App Store's entertainment category.<ref>https://x.com/quidd/status/918843147429564416</ref> In 2019, the company would be bought by the Hong Kong-based company Animoca Brands, who would move the 2.1 billion individually serialized digital collectibles on the blockchain.<ref>https://venturebeat.com/business/animoca-brands-buys-quidd-for-up-to-8-million-as-it-moves-into-blockchain-collectibles/</ref> In 2022, the company would introduce "Mintables," which let users turn their stickers into NFTs<ref name="A2022">https://blockchain.news/news/quidd-launches-new-platform-mintablesenabling-users-to-mint-digital-collectibles-into-nfts</ref> and convert them into Etherium.<ref>https://x.com/mbram/status/1638599791490768909</ref> These brands included Dr. Seuss,<ref>https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/22/this-dapper-labs-backed-company-is-turning-dr-seuss-characters-into-nft-trading-cards/</ref> L.O.L Suprise,<ref>https://finance.yahoo.com/news/mga-entertainment-partners-quidd-l-120000526.html</ref> Disney,<ref>https://www.newswire.com/news/bare-tree-media-and-quidd-team-up-to-offer-digital-collectibles-for-21714386</ref> Spongebob,<ref>https://x.com/mbram/status/1708162937871835631</ref> Rick and Morty,<ref name="A2022" /> and others.
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 ==Data breach==
 In 2019, the Quidd portal was hacked, exposing 4 million user accounts.<ref>https://cybersecuritynews.com/4-million-quidd/</ref> The information in these accounts included usernames, email addresses, and passwords from the hacked accounts. The data was made for sale in October of that year.