Choco.ci
Data Breach
choco.educarriere.ci37,686
Records Exposed
Jul 2018
Date of Breach
Database,Combolist
Breach Type
Oct 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In July 2018, Choco.ci, an online news platform based in the Ivory Coast, suffered a data breach that exposed nearly 40,000 records. The compromised information included nearly 38,000 unique email addresses and plaintext passwords. The dataset was later shared on a popular hacking forum.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Côte d'Ivoire
Language
French
Password Storage
Plaintext
Category
News
Indexed On
Oct 6, 2025
Breach Type
Database,Combolist
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Choco.ci and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
- Watch for phishing emails targeting your inbox. Attackers may use your exposed email address to send convincing scam messages.
- Enable two-factor authentication (2FA) on all important accounts to add an extra layer of security.
- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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