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StarTribune

Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
2.2M
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
7
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2019
StarTribune

Breach History

StarTribune
Oct 2019Critical
2.2M
Records exposed
7
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In October 2019, the Minnesota-based news service StarTribune suffered a data breach which was subsequently sold on the dark web. The breach exposed over 2 million unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEmail addressesGendersNamesPasswordsPhysical addressesUsernames
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Email addressesLow risk
GendersLow risk
NamesLow risk
PasswordsHigh risk
Physical addressesMedium risk
UsernamesLow risk