6,408,496
Records Exposed
Nov 2013
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jul 2022
Added to Database
About This Breach
In November 2013, the image-based social network We Heart It suffered a data breach. The incident wasnt discovered until October 2017 when 8.6 million user records were sent to HIBP. The data contained user names, email addresses and password hashes, 80% of which were salted SHA-256 with the remainder being MD5 with no salt.
Compromised Data Types
Country
United States
Language
English
Password Storage
MD5, SHA1
Category
IT Services
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 WeHeartIt 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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