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KM.RU data breach (2016)

In February 2016, the Russian portal and email service KM.RU was the target of an attack which was consequently detailed on Reddit. Allegedly protesting "the foreign policy of Russia in regards to Ukraine", KM.RU was one of several Russian sites in the breach and impacted almost 1.5M accounts…

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KM.RU
records
1.5M
SectorOther
CountryRussia

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 2016-02-29, KM.RU was affected by a data breach. Approximately 1,476,783 accounts were exposed. In February 2016, the Russian portal and email service KM.RU was the target of an attack which was consequently detailed on Reddit. Allegedly protesting "the foreign policy of Russia in regards to Ukraine", KM.RU was one of several Russian sites in the breach and impacted almost 1.5M accounts…

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#KM.RU
  2. km.ruhttps://km.ru

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