Livejournal Data Breach (2016)

Blogging platform LiveJournal appears to have suffered a security breach in 2014, according to multiple hackers who are selling and freely trading the company's user database on the dark web and on hacking forums. LiveJournal credentials were obtained in a 2014 hack, but leaked online much later. The company says hackers used old LiveJournal username and password combinations to breach DreamWidth accounts -- since the two platforms share the same codebase and users -- and post spam messages on its site.Exposed data includes email address, plain text passwords & usernames.