MyHeritage data breach
The MyHeritage breach happened on October 26, 2017 and exposed 91,991,358 accounts. 2 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- myheritage.com
- Breach date
- October 26, 2017
- Recorded on
- February 20, 2019
- Accounts exposed
- 91,991,358
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords
- Risk score
- 64 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 64 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, 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
- Bukalapak (2017-10-23, 13,369,666 accounts)
- Legendas.TV (2017-10-01, 3,869,181 accounts)
- TheTVDB.com (2017-11-21, 181,871 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your MyHeritage 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 January 4, 2024. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.