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Breach occurred 2021-09-13Verifiedepik.com
What happened
In September 2021, the domain registrar and web host Epik suffered a significant data breach, allegedly in retaliation for hosting alt-right websites. The breach exposed a huge volume of data not just of Epik customers, but also scraped WHOIS records belonging to individuals and organisations who were not Epik customers. The data included over 15 million unique email addresses (including anonymised versions for domain privacy), names, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases and passwords stored in various formats.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Epik data breach occurred on September 13, 2021. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on September 19, 2021.
15,003,961 accounts were affected by the Epik data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Epik breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Purchases.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Epik breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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