Houzz data breach
The Houzz breach happened on May 23, 2018 and exposed 48,881,308 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- houzz.com
- Breach date
- May 23, 2018
- Recorded on
- March 12, 2019
- Accounts exposed
- 48,881,308
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Social media profiles, Usernames
- Risk score
- 73 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 73 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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- Poshmark (2018-05-16, 36,395,491 accounts)
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- Exactis (2018-06-01, 131,577,763 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Houzz 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 July 23, 2021. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.