Avast data breach
The Avast breach happened on May 26, 2014 and exposed 422,959 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- avast.com
- Breach date
- May 26, 2014
- Recorded on
- March 12, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 422,959
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 66 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 66 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Usernames.
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
- Manga Traders (2014-06-09, 855,249 accounts)
- Bitly (2014-05-08, 9,313,136 accounts)
- Domino's (2014-06-13, 648,231 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Avast 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 May 13, 2019. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.