ClixSense data breach
The ClixSense breach happened on September 4, 2016 and exposed 2,424,784 accounts. 12 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- clixsense.com
- Breach date
- September 4, 2016
- Recorded on
- September 11, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 2,424,784
- Exposed data
- Account balances, Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Payment histories, Payment methods, Physical addresses, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 87 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 87 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Account balances, Payment histories.
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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- NemoWeb (2016-09-04, 3,472,916 accounts)
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- uuu9 (2016-09-06, 7,485,802 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your ClixSense 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 September 28, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.