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Ancestry Data Breach (2015)

Ancestry

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Disclosed

November 1, 2015

3799 days ago

Records

297.9K

Confirmed

Root Cause

Credential Stuffing

Industry

Technology

Description

Ancestry, the largest for-profit genealogy company, experienced a data breach in 2015. In this incident, data including usernames, email addresses, and passwords were compromised. The exact number of affected users is not clear. It's noteworthy that user data was reportedly stored as bcrypt hashes, a secure encryption method that makes it challenging for attackers to extract usable information.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

PasswordsNamesEmail addresses
Ancestry Data Breach (2015) - 298K Records | ExposedMap