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Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
88K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
7
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2013
FaceUP

Breach History

FaceUP
Jan 2013Critical
87.6K
Records exposed
7
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In 2013, the Danish social media site FaceUP suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 87k unique email addresses alongside genders, dates of birth, names, phone numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. When notified of the incident, FaceUP advised they had identified a SQL injection vulnerability at the time and forced password resets on impacted customers.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEmail addressesGendersNamesPasswordsPhone numbersUsernames
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
GendersLow risk
NamesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Phone numbersMedium risk
UsernamesLow risk