HighBreachHave I Been Pwned — public breach catalog· 21 Sept 2023
ApexSMS — 23.2M accounts
Severity: High · Kind: Data breach
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In May 2019, news broke of a massive SMS spam operation known as "ApexSMS" which was discovered after a MongoDB instance of the same name was found exposed without a password . The incident leaked over 80M records with 23M unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers and carriers, geographic locations (state and country), genders and IP addresses.
Breach facts
- Accounts affected
- 23,246,481
- Verified
- Yes
- Sensitive
- No
- Data exposed
- Email addressesGendersGeographic locationsIP addressesNamesPhone numbersTelecommunications carrier
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