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Money Bookers data breach

The Money Bookers breach happened on January 1, 2009 and exposed 4,483,605 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Site
moneybookers.com
Breach date
January 1, 2009
Recorded on
November 30, 2015
Accounts exposed
4,483,605
Exposed data
Dates of birth, Email addresses, IP addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses
Risk score
50 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 50 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Dates of birth.

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

  • Elance (2009-01-01, 1,291,178 accounts)
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  • MySpace (2008-07-01, 359,420,698 accounts)

What affected users should do

  • Passwords were not exposed, but you may receive fake emails aimed at the exposed email addresses.
  • Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
  • Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.

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This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of October 24, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.