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Breach occurred 2019-08-01Verifiedlimeleads.com
What happened
In 2019, the now-defunct B2B marketing leads database service LimeLeads suffered a data breach due to an exposed, unsecured Elasticsearch server. The incident exposed tens of millions of records of largely corporate contact data containing 17.8M unique email addresses, along with phone numbers, employers, job titles and geographic locations including state, city and postcode.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The LimeLeads data breach occurred on August 1, 2019. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on September 22, 2026.
17,838,396 accounts were affected by the LimeLeads data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The LimeLeads breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations, Job titles, Phone numbers.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the LimeLeads breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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