19,054,157
Records Exposed
May 2019
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Mar 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
Allegedly in May 2019, the Chinese literature website Read Novel experienced a data breach, revealing 22 million unique email addresses, along with usernames, genders, phone numbers, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. The compromised data was discovered on a renowned hacking forum.
Compromised Data Types
Country
China
Language
Chinese
Password Storage
MD5
Category
Education, Entertainment
Indexed On
Mar 31, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Read Novel 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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