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Breach occurred 2018-12-29Verifiedbannerbit.com
What happened
In approximately December 2018, the online ad platform BannerBit suffered a data breach. Containing 213k unique email addresses and plain text passwords, the data was provided to HIBP by a third party. Multiple attempts were made to contact BannerBit, but no response was received.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The BannerBit data breach occurred on December 29, 2018. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on January 8, 2019.
213,415 accounts were affected by the BannerBit data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The BannerBit breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the BannerBit breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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