### Comment:
Readable format != Plaintext though. 
  
 &amp;#x200B; 
  
 It could be a proprietary binary blob that they were storing it, but instead found it encoded in hex strings? 
  
 &amp;#x200B; 
  
 This is not a data leak, just a security audit found a portion of data wasn't using the proprietary system.

### REPLY:
Moronic distinction

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