46,347
Records Exposed
Feb 2018
Date of Breach
Database,Combolist
Breach Type
Jan 2026
Added to Database
About This Breach
In February 2018, ViewPoints, a now defunct Italian online news platform, sustained a data breach impacting over 47,000 records. The exposed information included around 46,000 unique email addresses and plaintext passwords. The data was shared on a popular hacking forum.
Compromised Data Types
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
Password Storage
Plaintext
Category
News
Indexed On
Jan 28, 2026
Breach Type
Database,Combolist
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on ViewPoints 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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