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Breach occurred 2024-09-28Verifiedarchive.org
What happened
In September 2024, the digital library of internet sites Internet Archive suffered a data breach that exposed 31M records. The breach exposed user records including email addresses, screen names and bcrypt password hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Internet Archive data breach occurred on September 28, 2024. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on October 9, 2024.
31,081,179 accounts were affected by the Internet Archive data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Internet Archive breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Internet Archive breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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