Ethereum data breach
The Ethereum breach happened on December 16, 2016 and exposed 16,431 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- ethereum.org
- Breach date
- December 16, 2016
- Recorded on
- December 20, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 16,431
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Private messages, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 78 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 78 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Private messages, 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
- Anti Public Combo List (2016-12-16, 457,962,538 accounts)
- PayAsUGym (2016-12-15, 400,260 accounts)
- Data Enrichment Records (2016-12-23, 8,176,132 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Ethereum 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 June 8, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.