Adobe data breach
The Adobe breach happened on October 4, 2013 and exposed 152,445,165 accounts. 4 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- adobe.com
- Breach date
- October 4, 2013
- Recorded on
- December 4, 2013
- Accounts exposed
- 152,445,165
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Password hints, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 76 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 76 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Password hints, 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
- iMesh (2013-09-22, 49,467,477 accounts)
- Crack Community (2013-09-09, 19,210 accounts)
- Mecho Download (2013-10-31, 437,928 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Adobe 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 August 2, 2022. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.