ShellCodeX Breach Report
KM.RU Data Breach
km.ru
Verified breach
Accounts exposed
1,476,783
Breach date
29 Feb 2016
Added to tracker
03 Mar 2016
Data classes
7
What happened
In February 2016, the Russian portal and email service KM.RU was the target of an attack which was consequently detailed on Reddit. Allegedly protesting "the foreign policy of Russia in regards to Ukraine", KM.RU was one of several Russian sites in the breach and impacted almost 1.5M accounts including sensitive personal information.
Exposed data
Dates of birth
Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
Recovery email addresses
Security questions and answers
Usernames
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing KM.RU — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
