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Breach occurred 2018-11-04Verifiedwpsandbox.io
What happened
In November 2018, the WordPress sandboxing service that allows people to create temporary websites WP Sandbox discovered their service was being used to host a phishing site attempting to collect Microsoft OneDrive accounts. After identifying the malicious site, WP Sandbox took it offline, contacted the 858 people who provided information to it then self-submitted their addresses to HIBP. The phishing page requested both email addresses and passwords.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The WPSandbox data breach occurred on November 4, 2018. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on November 6, 2018.
858 accounts were affected by the WPSandbox data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The WPSandbox breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Passwords.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the WPSandbox breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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