3,120,406
Records Exposed
Oct 2021
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
May 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
In October 2021, 3.1 million email addresses associated with accounts on the cryptocurrency market capitalization website CoinMarketCap were discovered being traded on hacking forums. Although these email addresses were found to correlate with CoinMarketCap accounts, the exact method of their acquisition remains unclear. CoinMarketCap issued the following statement regarding the data: "CoinMarketCap has become aware that batches of data have shown up online purporting to be a list of user accounts. While the data lists we have seen are only email addresses (no passwords), we have found a correlation with our subscriber base. We have not found any evidence of a data leak from our own servers — we are actively investigating this issue and will update our subscribers as soon as we have any new information."
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
No Passwords
Category
Financial
Indexed On
May 21, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
Get Full Breach Details with LeakedSource Pro
Sign up for a LeakedSource Pro account to see exactly what data was exposed in this breach and get real-time notifications when your information appears in new breaches.
Sign Up for Pro- 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.
Were You Affected by This Breach?
Enter your email below to instantly check if your data was compromised in the CoinMarketCap breach and 12,000+ other known breaches.
