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Verifications.io data breach763.1M accounts compromised on 2019-02-25
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Verifications.io (verifications.io) was the source of a data breach dated 2019-02-25, exposing 763,117,241 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 | Verifications.io |
|---|---|
| Source Name | VerificationsIO |
| Domain | verifications.io |
| Breach Date | 2019-02-25 |
| Added to HIBP | 2019-03-09 |
| Last Modified | 2019-03-09 |
| Accounts Compromised | 763,117,241(763.1M) |
| Data Exposed | Dates of birthEmail addressesEmployersGendersGeographic locationsIP addressesJob titlesNamesPhone numbersPhysical addresses |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
In February 2019, the email address validation service verifications.io suffered a data breach. Discovered by Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia, the breach was due to the data being stored in a MongoDB instance left publicly facing without a password and resulted in 763 million unique email addresses being exposed. Many records within the data also included additional personal attributes such as names, phone numbers, IP addresses, dates of birth and genders. No passwords were included in the data. The Verifications.io website went offline during the disclosure process, although an archived copy remains viewable.
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