GeekedIn data breach
The GeekedIn breach happened on August 15, 2016 and exposed 1,073,164 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- geekedin.net
- Breach date
- August 15, 2016
- Recorded on
- November 17, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 1,073,164
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Geographic locations, Names, Professional skills, Usernames, Years of professional experience
- Risk score
- 28 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 28 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Email addresses, Names, Geographic locations.
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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- Unreal Engine (2016-08-11, 530,147 accounts)
- PPCGeeks (2016-08-19, 492,518 accounts)
- Epic Games (2016-08-11, 251,661 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.
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