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Breach occurred 2017-01-01Verifiedlivejournal.com
What happened
In mid-2019, news broke of an alleged LiveJournal data breach. This followed multiple reports of credential abuse against Dreamwidth beginning in 2018, a fork of LiveJournal with a significant crossover in user base. The breach allegedly dates back to 2017 and contains 26M unique usernames and email addresses (both of which have been confirmed to exist on LiveJournal) alongside plain text passwords. An archive of the data was subsequently shared on a popular hacking forum in May 2020 and redistributed broadly.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The LiveJournal data breach occurred on January 1, 2017. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on May 26, 2020.
26,372,781 accounts were affected by the LiveJournal data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The LiveJournal breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the LiveJournal breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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