GeniusU data breach
The GeniusU breach happened on October 2, 2020 and exposed 1,301,460 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- geniusu.com
- Breach date
- October 2, 2020
- Recorded on
- January 8, 2021
- Accounts exposed
- 1,301,460
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Social media profiles
- Risk score
- 71 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 71 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Names.
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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- Gravatar (2020-10-03, 113,990,759 accounts)
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- Nitro (2020-09-28, 77,159,696 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your GeniusU 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 December 8, 2021. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.