B
B
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
847K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
2
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2008
BabyNames

Breach History

BabyNames
Oct 2008Critical
846.7K
Records exposed
2
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In approximately 2008, the site to help parents name their children known as Baby Names suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 846k email addresses and passwords stored as salted MD5 hashes. When contacted in October 2018, Baby Names advised that "the breach happened at least ten years ago" and that members were notified at the time.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesPasswords
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk