How India Lives
Data Breach
howindialives.com6,426
Records Exposed
Aug 2022
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jun 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In August 2022, How India Lives, an Indian data analytics platform, suffered a data breach exposing approximately 8 million records containing around 6400 unique email addresses, usernames, full names, IP addresses, and MD5 or PHPass hashed passwords. This underscores the importance of robust cybersecurity measures to protect such critical personal details from unauthorized access and safeguard user privacy against potential threats.
Compromised Data Types
Country
India
Language
English
Password Storage
MD5, Other
Category
General Business
Indexed On
Jun 18, 2025
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on How India Lives 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.
- Be alert to smishing attacks (SMS phishing). Scammers may text you pretending to be banks or service providers.
- 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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