BookCrossing data breach
The BookCrossing breach happened on November 5, 2012 and exposed 1,582,323 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- bookcrossing.com
- Breach date
- November 5, 2012
- Recorded on
- July 25, 2023
- Accounts exposed
- 1,582,323
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 75 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 75 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Dates of birth, 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
- Netlog (2012-11-01, 49,038,354 accounts)
- Heroes of Newerth (2012-12-17, 8,089,103 accounts)
- JD (2013-01-01, 77,449,341 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your BookCrossing 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 July 25, 2023. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.