YouNow data breach
The YouNow breach happened on February 15, 2019 and exposed 18,241,518 accounts. 5 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- younow.com
- Breach date
- February 15, 2019
- Recorded on
- July 18, 2019
- Accounts exposed
- 18,241,518
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, IP addresses, Names, Social media profiles, Usernames
- Risk score
- 29 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 29 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Email addresses, Names, 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
- LBB (2019-02-14, 39,288 accounts)
- CafePress (2019-02-20, 23,205,290 accounts)
- Demon Forums (2019-02-20, 52,623 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.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of March 5, 2023. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.