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Breach occurred 2018-07-23Verifiedapollo.io
What happened
In July 2018, the sales engagement startup Apollo left a database containing billions of data points publicly exposed without a password. The data was discovered by security researcher Vinny Troia who subsequently sent a subset of the data containing 126 million unique email addresses to Have I Been Pwned. The data left exposed by Apollo was used in their "revenue acceleration platform" and included personal information such as names and email addresses as well as professional information including places of employment, the roles people hold and where they're located. Apollo stressed that the exposed data did not include sensitive information such as passwords, social security numbers or financial data. The Apollo website has a contact form for those looking to get in touch with the organisation.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Apollo data breach occurred on July 23, 2018. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on October 5, 2018.
125,929,660 accounts were affected by the Apollo data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Apollo breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Salutations, Social media profiles.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Apollo breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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