Bill Emmott
Data Breach
www.billemmott.com1,028
Records Exposed
Aug 2023
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Oct 2026
Added to Database
About This Breach
Bill Emmott (billemmott.com), the website of the British journalist and author and former editor of The Economist, was affected by a data breach that exposed a set of user login credentials. The compromised data consisted of email addresses together with their passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The records were distributed through a hacking forum and subsequently shared via Telegram channels.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Category
Media
Indexed On
Oct 16, 2026
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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