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Breach occurred 2017-08-01Verifiedtaringa.net
What happened
In September 2017, news broke that Taringa had suffered a data breach exposing 28 million records. Known as "The Latin American Reddit", Taringa's breach disclosure notice indicated the incident dated back to August that year. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses and weak MD5 hashes of passwords.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Taringa data breach occurred on August 1, 2017. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on April 19, 2018.
27,971,100 accounts were affected by the Taringa data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Taringa breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Taringa breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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