Elance data breach
The Elance breach happened on January 1, 2009 and exposed 1,291,178 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- elance.com
- Breach date
- January 1, 2009
- Recorded on
- February 18, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 1,291,178
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations, Passwords, Phone numbers, Usernames
- 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, Phone numbers, 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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- Money Bookers (2009-01-01, 4,483,605 accounts)
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- MySpace (2008-07-01, 359,420,698 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Elance 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.
- Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
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.