Bitcoin Talk data breach
The Bitcoin Talk breach happened on May 22, 2015 and exposed 501,407 accounts. 8 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- bitcointalk.org
- Breach date
- May 22, 2015
- Recorded on
- March 27, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 501,407
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Passwords, Security questions and answers, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 84 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 84 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Security questions and answers, Dates of birth.
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 Bitcoin Talk 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.
- Answers to security questions were exposed, so change the answers on any service that uses the same questions.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of July 1, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.