C
C
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
39.7M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
6
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2018
Chegg

Breach History

Chegg
Apr 2018Critical
39.7M
Records exposed
6
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In April 2018, the textbook rental service Chegg suffered a data breach that impacted 40 million subscribers. The exposed data included email addresses, usernames, names and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. A small number of records also contained physical address or phone number.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesNamesPasswordsPhone numbersPhysical addressesUsernames
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
NamesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Phone numbersMedium risk
Physical addressesMedium risk
UsernamesLow risk