Malwarebytes data breach
The Malwarebytes breach happened on November 15, 2014 and exposed 111,623 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- malwarebytes.org
- Breach date
- November 15, 2014
- Recorded on
- March 9, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 111,623
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames, Website activity
- 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, Dates of birth, Email addresses.
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
- Bot of Legends (2014-11-13, 238,373 accounts)
- Warframe (2014-11-24, 819,478 accounts)
- Acne.org (2014-11-25, 432,943 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Malwarebytes 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 27, 2016. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.