E
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Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
1.3M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
6
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2009
Elance

Breach History

Elance
Jan 2009Critical
1.3M
Records exposed
6
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

Sometime in 2009, staffing platform Elance suffered a data breach that impacted 1.3 million accounts. Appearing online 8 years later, the data contained usernames, email addresses, phone numbers and SHA1 hashes of passwords, amongst other personal data.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesEmployersGeographic locationsPasswordsPhone numbersUsernames
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
EmployersLow risk
Geographic locationsLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Phone numbersMedium risk
UsernamesLow risk