Taringa data breach
The Taringa breach happened on August 1, 2017 and exposed 27,971,100 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- taringa.net
- Breach date
- August 1, 2017
- Recorded on
- April 19, 2018
- Accounts exposed
- 27,971,100
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 66 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 66 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.
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What affected users should do
- Change your Taringa 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 August 30, 2019. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.