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Wattpad Data Breach (2020)

Wattpad

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#59 largest data breach on record

Disclosed

June 1, 2020

2125 days ago

Records

268.1M

Confirmed

Root Cause

Hacking

Industry

Media

Description

Wattpad, a self-publishing platform that claims to be “the world’s most-loved social storytelling platform,” suffered a data breach exposing all of its users. The leaked database included more than 270 million records with more than 268 million unique email address and password combinations. Exposed data includes email address, date of birth, gender if provided, IP address upon sign up, if signed up before 2017, display name, account name, and salted and cryptographically hashed passwords.

Exposed Data Types

Exposed Data

PasswordsIP AddressesGeographic locationsDates of birthNamesUsernamesGendersSocial media profiles
Wattpad Data Breach (2020) - 268.1M Records | ExposedMap