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Factual data breach (2017)

In March 2017, a file containing 8M rows of data allegedly sourced from data aggregator Factual was compiled and later exchanged on the premise it was a "breach". The data contained 2.5M unique email addresses alongside business names, addresses and phone numbers.

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Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2017-03-22, Factual was affected by a data breach. Approximately 2,461,696 accounts were exposed. In March 2017, a file containing 8M rows of data allegedly sourced from data aggregator Factual was compiled and later exchanged on the premise it was a "breach". The data contained 2.5M unique email addresses alongside business names, addresses and phone numbers.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Factual
  2. factual.comhttps://factual.com

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