FaceUP data breach

The FaceUP breach happened on January 1, 2013 and exposed 87,633 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Site

faceup.dk

Breach date

January 1, 2013

Recorded on

January 13, 2019

Accounts exposed

87,633

Exposed data

Dates of birth, Email addresses, Genders, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Usernames

Risk score

77 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 77 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Phone numbers, Dates of birth.

Breaches from the same period

• JD (2013-01-01, 77,449,341 accounts)
• OMGPOP (2013-01-01, 7,071,293 accounts)
• Heroes of Gaia (2013-01-04, 179,967 accounts)

What affected users should do

• Change your FaceUP 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.

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