Yam data breach
The Yam breach happened on June 2, 2013 and exposed 13,258,797 accounts. 7 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- yam.com
- Breach date
- June 2, 2013
- Recorded on
- May 22, 2021
- Accounts exposed
- 13,258,797
- Exposed data
- Dates of birth, Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Usernames
- Risk score
- 80 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 80 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Phone numbers, Physical 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
- AhaShare.com (2013-05-30, 180,468 accounts)
- Neopets (2013-05-05, 26,892,897 accounts)
- Nexus Mods (2013-07-22, 5,915,013 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Yam 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 May 22, 2021. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.