1,527,179
Records Exposed
Aug 2017
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
In September 2017, news broke that Taringa had suffered a data breach exposing 28 million records. Known as 'The Latin American Reddit', Taringa's breach disclosure notice indicated the incident dated back to August that year. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses and weak MD5 hashes of passwords.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Argentina
Language
Spanish
Password Storage
MD5
Category
Social Media
Indexed On
Jul 25, 2022
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Taringa 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.
- 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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