E
E
Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
131.6M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
20
0 high risk
Latest Breach
2018
Exactis

Breach History

Exactis
Jun 2018High
131.6M
Records exposed
20
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In June 2018, the marketing firm Exactis inadvertently publicly leaked 340 million records of personal data. Security researcher Vinny Troia of Night Lion Security discovered the leak contained multiple terabytes of personal information spread across hundreds of separate fields including addresses, phone numbers, family structures and extensive profiling data. The data was collected as part of Exactis' service as a "compiler and aggregator of premium business & consumer data" which they then sell for profiling and marketing purposes. A small subset of the exposed fields were provided to Have I Been Pwned and contained 132 million unique email addresses.

Exposed Data Types
Credit status informationDates of birthEducation levelsEmail addressesEthnicitiesFamily structureFinancial investmentsGendersHome ownership statusesIncome levelsIP addressesMarital statusesNamesNet worthsOccupationsPersonal interestsPhone numbersPhysical addressesReligionsSpoken languages
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Credit status informationLow risk
Dates of birthMedium risk
Education levelsLow risk
Email addressesLow risk
EthnicitiesLow risk
Family structureLow risk
Financial investmentsLow risk
GendersLow risk
Home ownership statusesLow risk
Income levelsLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
Marital statusesLow risk
NamesLow risk
Net worthsLow risk
OccupationsLow risk
Personal interestsLow risk
Phone numbersMedium risk
Physical addressesMedium risk
ReligionsLow risk
Spoken languagesLow risk