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Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
1.1M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
6
0 high risk
Latest Breach
2016
GeekedIn

Breach History

GeekedIn
Aug 2016Medium
1.1M
Records exposed
6
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In August 2016, the technology recruitment site GeekedIn left a MongoDB database exposed and over 8M records were extracted by an unknown third party. The breached data was originally scraped from GitHub in violation of their terms of use and contained information exposed in public profiles, including over 1 million members' email addresses. Full details on the incident (including how impacted members can see their leaked data) are covered in the blog post on 8 million GitHub profiles were leaked from GeekedIn's MongoDB - here's how to see yours.

Exposed Data Types
Email addressesGeographic locationsNamesProfessional skillsUsernamesYears of professional experience
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Email addressesLow risk
Geographic locationsLow risk
NamesLow risk
Professional skillsLow risk
UsernamesLow risk
Years of professional experienceLow risk