126 data breach
The 126 breach happened on January 1, 2012 and exposed 6,414,191 accounts. 2 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- 126.com
- Breach date
- January 1, 2012
- Recorded on
- October 8, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 6,414,191
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords
- Risk score
- 64 out of 100
The original data lists this breach as unverified.
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 64 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- VK (2012-01-01, 93,338,602 accounts)
- Taobao (2012-01-01, 21,149,008 accounts)
- 17173 (2011-12-28, 7,485,802 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your 126 password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of April 28, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.