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QuinStreet

Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
4.9M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
6
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2015
QuinStreet

Breach History

QuinStreet
Dec 2015Critical
4.9M
Records exposed
6
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In approximately late 2015, the maker of "performance marketing products" QuinStreet had a number of their online assets compromised. The attack impacted 28 separate sites, predominantly technology forums such as flashkit.com, codeguru.com and webdeveloper.com (view a full list of sites). QuinStreet advised that impacted users have been notified and passwords reset. The data contained details on over 4.9 million people and included email addresses, dates of birth and salted MD5 hashes.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEmail addressesIP addressesPasswordsUsernamesWebsite activity
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
IP addressesMedium risk
PasswordsHigh risk
UsernamesLow risk
Website activityLow risk