Baby Names data breach
The Baby Names breach happened on October 24, 2008 and exposed 846,742 accounts. 2 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- babynames.com
- Breach date
- October 24, 2008
- Recorded on
- October 24, 2018
- Accounts exposed
- 846,742
- 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.
Breaches from the same period
- Money Bookers (2009-01-01, 4,483,605 accounts)
- Elance (2009-01-01, 1,291,178 accounts)
- MySpace (2008-07-01, 359,420,698 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Baby Names 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 October 24, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.