8,281,356
Records Exposed
Aug 2012
Date of Breach
Database
Breach Type
Jan 2024
Added to Database
About This Breach
Xiaomi operates as a consumer electronics and smart manufacturing firm, featuring smartphones and smart hardware interconnected through a central IoT platform. In August 2012, a data breach affected the Xiaomi user forum website, revealing a total of 7 million email addresses. It's noteworthy that a considerable portion of these addresses were numeric aliases associated with the bbs_ml_as_uid.xiaomi.com domain. The breach also exposed usernames, IP addresses, and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes.
Compromised Data Types
Country
China
Language
English
Password Storage
Other
Category
eCommerce
Indexed On
Jan 16, 2024
Breach Type
Database
What Should You Do?
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Sign Up for Pro- Change your password immediately on Xiaomi 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.
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- Use a password manager to generate and store unique, strong passwords for every account.
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