Vedantu data breach

The Vedantu breach happened on July 8, 2019 and exposed 686,899 accounts. 10 kinds of data were exposed.

Overview

Site

vedantu.com

Breach date

July 8, 2019

Recorded on

November 1, 2019

Accounts exposed

686,899

Exposed data

Browser user agent details, Email addresses, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Spoken languages, Time zones, Website activity

Risk score

77 out of 100

Risk based on the exposed data

This breach scores 77 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Phone numbers, Email addresses.

Breaches from the same period

• BlackSpigotMC (2019-07-14, 140,029 accounts)
• Quidd (2019-07-01, 3,805,863 accounts)
• XKCD (2019-07-01, 561,991 accounts)

What affected users should do

• Change your Vedantu 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.
• Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.

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