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Breach occurred 2014-05-08Verifiedbitly.com
What happened
In May 2014, the link management company Bitly announced they'd suffered a data breach. The breach contained over 9.3 million unique email addresses, usernames and hashed passwords, most using SHA1 with a small number using bcrypt.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Bitly data breach occurred on May 8, 2014. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on October 6, 2017.
9,313,136 accounts were affected by the Bitly data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Bitly breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Bitly breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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