2,844 Separate Data Breaches Data Breach

What happened

In February 2018, a massive collection of almost 3,000 alleged data breaches was found online. Whilst some of the data had previously been seen in Have I Been Pwned, 2,844 of the files consisting of more than 80 million unique email addresses had not previously been seen. Each file contained both an email address and plain text password and were consequently loaded as a single "unverified" data breach.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your 2,844 Separate Data Breaches password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing 2,844 Separate Data Breaches — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.