QuinStreet data breach
The QuinStreet breach happened on December 14, 2015 and exposed 4,907,802 accounts. 6 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- quinstreet.com
- Breach date
- December 14, 2015
- Recorded on
- December 17, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 4,907,802
- 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
- Aternos (2015-12-06, 1,436,486 accounts)
- Trillian (2015-12-27, 3,827,238 accounts)
- Nihonomaru (2015-12-01, 1,697,282 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your QuinStreet 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 17, 2016. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.