Exposed VINs data breach
The Exposed VINs breach happened on June 5, 2017 and exposed 396,650 accounts. 8 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Breach date
- June 5, 2017
- Recorded on
- June 9, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 396,650
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Family structure, Genders, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Vehicle details
- Risk score
- 54 out of 100
The original data lists this breach as unverified.
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 54 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
- Zomato (2017-05-17, 16,472,873 accounts)
- DaFont (2017-05-16, 637,340 accounts)
- Bell (2017 breach) (2017-05-15, 2,231,256 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.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of September 4, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.