Taipei.ru
Data Breach
www.taipei.ru39,073
Records Exposed
Aug 2018
Date of Breach
Database,Combolist
Breach Type
Sep 2025
Added to Database
About This Breach
In August 2018, a dataset was leaked on underground sources. Taipei.ru, a Russian-language news and tourism portal focused on Taipei, the capital of Taiwan. The site offers content covering tourism, business, exhibitions, and historical insights about the city, along with news updates, reader polls, photo galleries, and blogs, suffered a data breach that affected 39,073 users. The compromised data included email addresses and plaintext passwords.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Russian Federation
Language
Russian
Password Storage
Plaintext
Category
News, Information, Community
Indexed On
Sep 17, 2025
Breach Type
Database,Combolist
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Taipei.ru and any other site where you used the same password. Use a unique, strong password for each account.
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