Gawker data breach
The Gawker breach happened on December 11, 2010 and exposed 1,247,574 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- gawker.com
- Breach date
- December 11, 2010
- Recorded on
- December 4, 2013
- Accounts exposed
- 1,247,574
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 66 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 66 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Usernames.
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
- 7k7k (2011-01-01, 9,121,434 accounts)
- Duowan.com (2011-01-01, 2,639,894 accounts)
- Paddy Power (2010-10-25, 590,954 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Gawker 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 26, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.