E
E
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
16K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
6
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2016
Ethereum

Breach History

Ethereum
Dec 2016Critical
16.4K
Records exposed
6
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In December 2016, the forum for the public blockchain-based distributed computing platform Ethereum suffered a data breach. The database contained over 16k unique email addresses along with IP addresses, private forum messages and (mostly) bcrypt hashed passwords. Ethereum elected to self-submit the data to HIBP, providing the service with a list of email addresses impacted by the incident.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesIP addressesPasswordsPrivate messagesUsernamesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Private messagesLow risk
UsernamesLow risk
Website activityLow risk