Flashback data breach
The Flashback breach happened on February 11, 2015 and exposed 40,256 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- flashback.se
- Breach date
- February 11, 2015
- Recorded on
- February 12, 2015
- Accounts exposed
- 40,256
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Government issued IDs, Physical addresses
- Risk score
- 58 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 58 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Government issued IDs, Physical addresses, 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
- MyFHA (2015-02-18, 972,629 accounts)
- Xbox-Scene (2015-02-01, 432,552 accounts)
- PSX-Scene (2015-02-01, 341,118 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Passwords were not exposed, but you may receive fake emails aimed at the exposed email addresses.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
- ID numbers were exposed, so watch out for contracts signed in your name.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of August 9, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.