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Breach occurred 2012-01-01Verifiedvk.com
What happened
In approximately 2012, the Russian social media site known as VK was hacked and almost 100 million accounts were exposed. The data emerged in June 2016 where it was being sold via a dark market website and included names, phone numbers email addresses and plain text passwords.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The VK data breach occurred on January 1, 2012. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on June 9, 2016.
93,338,602 accounts were affected by the VK data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The VK breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the VK breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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