KnownCircle data breach
The KnownCircle breach happened on April 12, 2016 and exposed 1,957,600 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- knowncircle.com
- Breach date
- April 12, 2016
- Recorded on
- November 17, 2018
- Accounts exposed
- 1,957,600
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Email messages, Genders, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses
- Risk score
- 84 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 84 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email messages, Phone numbers.
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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- Guns and Robots (2016-04-01, 143,569 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your KnownCircle 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.
- Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of June 16, 2020. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.