40,468
Records Exposed
Jul 2015
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
In July 2015, the Swedish video store chain Hemmakväll was hacked and nearly 50k records dumped publicly. The disclosed data included various attributes of their customers including email and physical addresses, names and phone numbers. Passwords were also leaked, stored with a weak MD5 hashing algorithm.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Sweden
Language
Swedish
Password Storage
MD5
Category
Entertainment
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Hemmakvall 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.
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- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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