XKCD data breach
The XKCD breach happened on July 1, 2019 and exposed 561,991 accounts. 4 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- xkcd.com
- Breach date
- July 1, 2019
- Recorded on
- September 1, 2019
- Accounts exposed
- 561,991
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, IP addresses, Passwords, Usernames
- Risk score
- 68 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 68 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, IP 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
- Quidd (2019-07-01, 3,805,863 accounts)
- Planet Calypso (2019-07-01, 62,261 accounts)
- Vedantu (2019-07-08, 686,899 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your XKCD 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 June 24, 2020. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.