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MyHeritage data breach (2017)

In October 2017, the genealogy website MyHeritage suffered a data breach. The incident was reported 7 months later after a security researcher discovered the data and contacted MyHeritage.

Victim
MyHeritage
records
92.0M
SectorRetail

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 2017-10-26, MyHeritage was affected by a data breach. Approximately 91,991,358 accounts were exposed. In October 2017, the genealogy website MyHeritage suffered a data breach. The incident was reported 7 months later after a security researcher discovered the data and contacted MyHeritage.

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#MyHeritage
  2. myheritage.comhttps://myheritage.com

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