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Breach occurred 2019-10-10Verifiedstartribune.com
What happened
In October 2019, the Minnesota-based news service StarTribune suffered a data breach which was subsequently sold on the dark web. The breach exposed over 2 million unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, physical addresses, dates of birth, genders and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The StarTribune data breach occurred on October 10, 2019. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on October 30, 2020.
2,192,857 accounts were affected by the StarTribune data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The StarTribune breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Passwords, Physical addresses, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the StarTribune breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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