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Breach occurred 2018-10-29VerifiedWhat happened
In October 2018, security researcher Bob Diachenko identified multiple exposed databases with hundreds of millions of records. One of those datasets was an Elasticsearch instance on AWS containing sales lead data and 5.8M unique email addresses. The data contained information relating to individuals and the companies they worked for including their names, email addresses and company name and contact information. Despite best efforts, it was not possible to identify the owner of the data hence this breach as been titled "Elasticsearch Sales Leads".
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWS data breach occurred on October 29, 2018. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on November 17, 2018.
5,788,169 accounts were affected by the Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWS data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWS breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Employers, Names, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Elasticsearch Instance of Sales Leads on AWS breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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