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Pixlr Data Breach

pixlr.com
Significant exposure
Verified breach Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed 1,906,808
Breach date 07 Oct 2020
Added to tracker 01 Feb 2021
Data classes 5

What happened

In October 2020, the online photo editing application Pixlr suffered a data breach exposing 1.9 million subscribers. Impacted data included names, email addresses, social media profiles, the country signed up from and passwords stored as SHA-512 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.

Exposed data

Email addresses Geographic locations Names Passwords Social media profiles

Recommended actions

  • Change your Pixlr 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 Pixlr — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
  • Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected? Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
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