VK data breach
The VK breach happened on January 1, 2012 and exposed 93,338,602 accounts. 4 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- vk.com
- Breach date
- January 1, 2012
- Recorded on
- June 9, 2016
- Accounts exposed
- 93,338,602
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers
- Risk score
- 72 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 72 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Phone numbers, 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
- Taobao (2012-01-01, 21,149,008 accounts)
- 126 (2012-01-01, 6,414,191 accounts)
- 17173 (2011-12-28, 7,485,802 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your VK 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.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of April 28, 2018. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.