Ancestry data breach
The Ancestry breach happened on November 7, 2015 and exposed 297,806 accounts. 2 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- ancestry.com
- Breach date
- November 7, 2015
- Recorded on
- December 24, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 297,806
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords
- Risk score
- 64 out of 100
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.
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What affected users should do
- Change your Ancestry 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 December 24, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.