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Taringa data breach28M accounts compromised on 2017-08-01
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Taringa (taringa.net) was the source of a data breach dated 2017-08-01, exposing 27,971,100 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 | Taringa |
|---|---|
| Source Name | Taringa |
| Domain | taringa.net |
| Breach Date | 2017-08-01 |
| Added to HIBP | 2018-04-19 |
| Accounts Compromised | 27,971,100(28M) |
| Data Exposed | Email addressesPasswordsUsernames |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
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.
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