Audi – 2,743,539 breached accounts
In August 2019, Audio USA suffered a data breach after a vendor left data unsecured and exposed on the internet. The data contained 2.7M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses and vehicle information including VIN....
Guntrader – 112,031 breached accounts
In July 2021, the United Kingdom based website Guntrader suffered a data breach that exposed 112k unique email addresses. Extensive personal information was also exposed including names, phone numbers, geolocation data, IP addresses and various physical address attributes (cities...
Short Édition – 505,466 breached accounts
In June 2021, the French publishing house of short literature Short Édition suffered a data breach that exposed 505k records. Impacted data included email and physical addresses, names, usernames, phone numbers, dates of birth, genders and passwords stored as...
Raychat – 938,981 breached accounts
In January 2021, the now defunct Iranian social media platform Raychat suffered a data breach that exposed 939 thousand unique email addresses. The data included names, IP addresses, browser user agent strings and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The...
Teespring – 8,234,193 breached accounts
In April 2020, the custom printed apparel website Teespring suffered a data breach that exposed 8.2 million customer records. The data included email addresses, names, geographic locations and social media IDs.
yotepresto.com – 1,444,629 breached accounts
In June 2020, the Mexican lending platform yotepresto.com suffered a data breach. Over 1.4 million customers were impacted by the breach which disclosed email and IP addresses, usernames and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to...
University of California – 547,422 breached accounts
In December 2020, the University of California, Berkeley suffered a data breach due to vulnerability in in a third-party provider, Accellion. The breach exposed extensive personal data on both students and staff including 547 thousand unique email addresses, names,...
Fotolog – 16,717,854 breached accounts
In December 2018, the photo sharing social network Fotolog suffered a data breach that exposed 16.7 million unique email addresses. The data also included usernames and unsalted SHA-256 password hashes. The site was dissolved the following year and repurposed...
Dominos India – 22,527,655 breached accounts
In April 2021, 13TB of compromised Dominos India appeared for sale on a hacking forum after which the company acknowledged a major data breach they dated back to March. The compromised data included 22.5 million unique email addresses, names,...
JD – 77,449,341 breached accounts
In 2013 (exact date unknown), the Chinese e-commerce service JD suffered a data breach that exposed 13GB of data containing 77 million unique email addresses. The data also included usernames, phone numbers and passwords stored as SHA-1 hashes. The...
Moneycontrol – 762,874 breached accounts
In April 2021, hackers posted data for sale originating from the online Indian financial platform, Moneycontrol. The data included 763 thousand unique email addresses (allegedly a subset of a larger 40 million account breach), alongside geographic locations, phone numbers,...
Yam – 13,258,797 breached accounts
In June 2013, the Taiwanese website Yam.com suffered a data breach which was shared to a popular hacking forum in 2021. The data included 13 million unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth...
Livpure – 269,552 breached accounts
In August 2020, the Indian retailer Livpure suffered a data breach which exposed over 1 million customer purchases with 270 thousand unique email addresses. The data also included names, phone numbers, physical addresses and details of purchased items.
Daily Quiz – 8,032,404 breached accounts
In January 2021, the quiz website Daily Quiz suffered a data breach that exposed over 8 million unique email addresses. The data also included usernames, IP addresses and passwords stored in plain text.
IIMJobs – 4,216,063 breached accounts
In December 2018, the Indian job portal IIMJobs suffered a data breach that exposed 4.1 million unique email addresses. The data also included names, phone numbers, geographic locations, dates of birth, job titles, job applications and cover letters plus...
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