My Home Town Schools
Data Breach
myhometown-schools.co.uk24,798
Records Exposed
Aug 2018
Date of Breach
Database,Combolist
Breach Type
Oct 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In August 2018, a dataset was leaked on a prominent hacking forum. My Home Town Schools, a now-defunct U.K. directory site listing schools, colleges, and universities across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland and helping users reconnect with old classmates, suffered a data breach that affected 24,798 users. The compromised data included email addresses and MD5 password hashes.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Password Storage
MD5
Category
Education, Information, Community
Indexed On
Oct 30, 2025
Breach Type
Database,Combolist
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on My Home Town Schools 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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