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Breach occurred 2013-06-02Verifiedyam.com
What happened
In June 2013, the Taiwanese website Yam.com suffered a data breach which was shared to a popular hacking forum in 2021. The data included 13 million unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, phone numbers, physical addresses, dates of birth and unsalted MD5 password hashes.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Yam data breach occurred on June 2, 2013. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on May 22, 2021.
13,258,797 accounts were affected by the Yam data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Yam breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Usernames.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Yam breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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