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Breach occurred 2017-05-04Verifiedge.tt
What happened
In May 2017, the file sharing platform Ge.tt suffered a data breach. The data was subsequently put up for sale on a dark web marketplace in February 2019 alongside a raft of other breaches. The Ge.tt breach included names, social media profile identifiers, SHA256 password hashes and almost 2.5M unique email addresses.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Ge.tt data breach occurred on May 4, 2017. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on February 16, 2021.
2,481,121 accounts were affected by the Ge.tt data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Ge.tt breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Social media profiles.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Ge.tt breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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