CriticalBreachHave I Been Pwned — public breach catalog· 16 Jan 2019

Collection #1 — 772.9M accounts

Severity: Critical · Kind: Data breach

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From the source

In January 2019, a large collection of credential stuffing lists (combinations of email addresses and passwords used to hijack accounts on other services) was discovered being distributed on a popular hacking forum. The data contained almost 2.7 billion records including 773 million unique email addresses alongside passwords those addresses had used on other breached services. Full details on the incident and how to search the breached passwords are provided in the blog post The 773 Million Record "Collection #1" Data Breach .

Breach facts

Accounts affected
772,904,991
Verified
No
Sensitive
No
Data exposed
Email addressesPasswords

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