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Disqus data breach17.6M accounts compromised on 2012-07-01
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Disqus (disqus.com) was the source of a data breach dated 2012-07-01, exposing 17,551,044 accounts. The details below are mirrored from Have I Been Pwned and reflect the source's account of the incident at the time of publication.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | Disqus |
|---|---|
| Source Name | Disqus |
| Domain | disqus.com |
| Breach Date | 2012-07-01 |
| Added to HIBP | 2017-10-06 |
| Accounts Compromised | 17,551,044(17.6M) |
| Data Exposed | Email addressesPasswordsUsernames |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
In October 2017, the blog commenting service Disqus announced they'd suffered a data breach. The breach dated back to July 2012 but wasn't identified until years later when the data finally surfaced. The breach contained over 17.5 million unique email addresses and usernames. Users who created logins on Disqus had salted SHA1 hashes of passwords whilst users who logged in via social providers only had references to those accounts.
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