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Breach occurred 2018-02-19What happened
In February 2018, a massive collection of almost 3,000 alleged data breaches was found online. Whilst some of the data had previously been seen in Have I Been Pwned, 2,844 of the files consisting of more than 80 million unique email addresses had not previously been seen. Each file contained both an email address and plain text password and were consequently loaded as a single "unverified" data breach.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The 2,844 Separate Data Breaches data breach occurred on February 19, 2018. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on February 26, 2018.
80,115,532 accounts were affected by the 2,844 Separate Data Breaches data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The 2,844 Separate Data Breaches breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords.
Have I Been Pwned has not independently verified the 2,844 Separate Data Breaches breach. Unverified breaches can still be genuine — verification just means HIBP hasn't been able to confirm the data's authenticity directly, often because the source is a smaller or less-publicized incident.
Use KazaSec's free Email Breach Checker (/tools/breach-check) to check whether a specific email address has surfaced in the 2,844 Separate Data Breaches breach, or any other known breach — the tool never stores what you search.
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