Last.fm data breach
The Last.fm breach happened on March 22, 2012 and exposed 37,217,682 accounts. 4 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- last.fm
- Breach date
- March 22, 2012
- Recorded on
- September 20, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 37,217,682
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity
- Risk score
- 68 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 68 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
- JobStreet (2012-03-07, 3,883,455 accounts)
- Gamigo (2012-03-01, 8,243,604 accounts)
- LinkedIn (2012-05-05, 164,611,595 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Last.fm 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 October 30, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.