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Collection #1

Collection #1

Collection #1

criticalHave I Been Pwned

#19 largest data breach on record

Disclosed

January 7, 2019

2636 days ago

Records

772.9M

Estimated

Root Cause

Credential Stuffing

Industry

Technology

Description

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.

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Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

PasswordsEmail Addresses