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Breach occurred 2020-10-19Verifiedplaybook.vc
What happened
In September 2021, a publicly accessible PostgresSQL database belonging to the Playbook service was identified. Run by VC firm Plug and Play Ventures, the database had been exposed since October 2020 and contained more than 50 thousand unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, job titles and passwords stored as PBKDF2 hashes. It took more than 2 weeks after being notified of the exposed data to properly secure it. It's unknown whether Plug and Play Ventures notified impacted individuals as they ceased responding to queries from the press.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Playbook data breach occurred on October 19, 2020. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on October 11, 2021.
50,538 accounts were affected by the Playbook data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Playbook breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Job titles, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Social media profiles.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Playbook breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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