136,285,589
Records Exposed
May 2012
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
In May 2016, LinkedIn had 164 million email addresses and passwords exposed. Originally hacked in 2012, the data remained out of sight until being offered for sale on a dark market site 4 years later. The passwords in the breach were stored as SHA1 hashes without salt, the vast majority of which were quickly cracked in the days following the release of the data.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States of America
Language
English
Password Storage
SHA-1 & plaintext
Category
Social Media
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
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