Whitepages data breach
The Whitepages breach happened on June 27, 2016 and exposed 11,657,763 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- whitepages.com
- Breach date
- June 27, 2016
- Recorded on
- March 27, 2019
- Accounts exposed
- 11,657,763
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Names, Passwords
- Risk score
- 67 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 67 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Names.
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
- StreetEasy (2016-06-28, 988,230 accounts)
- Tunngle (2016-07-01, 8,192,928 accounts)
- Kaneva (2016-07-01, 3,901,179 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Whitepages 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 9, 2023. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.