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Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
180K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
8
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2013
AhaShare

Breach History

AhaShare
May 2013Critical
180.5K
Records exposed
8
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In May 2013, the torrent site AhaShare.com suffered a breach which resulted in more than 180k user accounts being published publicly. The breach included a raft of personal information on registered users plus despite assertions of not distributing personally identifiable information, the site also leaked the IP addresses used by the registered identities.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesGendersGeographic locationsIP addressesPartial dates of birthPasswordsUsernamesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
GendersLow risk
Geographic locationsLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
Partial dates of birthLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
UsernamesLow risk
Website activityLow risk