YouNow

YouNow

Data Breach

younow.com

16,271,166

Records Exposed

Feb 2019

Date of Breach

Database

Breach Type

Jul 2022

Added to Database

About This Breach

In February 2019, data from the live broadcasting service YouNow appeared for sale on a dark web marketplace. Whilst it's not clear what date the actual breach occurred on, the impacted data included 18M unique email addresses, IP addresses, names, usernames and links to social media profiles. As authentication is performed via social providers, no passwords were exposed in the breach.

Compromised Data Types

Email Address IP Address First Name Last Name

Country

United States

Language

English

Password Storage

No Passwords

Category

Social Media

Indexed On

Jul 25, 2022

Breach Type

Database

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  • 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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