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Originally Posted by sleazyashell
does it really matter... what personal information do we really have on quora...
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A compromised account is a treasure trove of information that can be leveraged.
If you logged into Quora via Facebook the hackers will presumably have your email address, photo, posting history, IP addresses, Date of Birth, Location and so on.
If you logged into Quora via an email/password pair then the hackers will have all of the above plus security questions and answers.
This data can be leveraged to gain access to other services, online accounts and so forth. This information is also probably enough to get the ball rolling on Identity Theft.
Don't underestimate the many uses to which cybercriminals will use data, they trade it as a commodity, the use it for further attacks, identity theft, fraud the number of uses of personal data is only limited by imagination.