BTC-E data breach
The BTC-E breach happened on October 1, 2014 and exposed 568,340 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- btc-e.com
- Breach date
- October 1, 2014
- Recorded on
- March 12, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 568,340
- Exposed data
- Account balances, Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 74 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 74 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Account balances, 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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- 9Lives (2014-10-01, 109,515 accounts)
- ILikeCheats (2014-10-18, 188,847 accounts)
- Tout (2014-09-11, 652,683 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your BTC-E 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 February 6, 2025. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.