👶 BabyNames
About this breach
Around 2008, the Babynames.com website, which helps parents give names to their children, leaks data. 846 thousand email addresses and passwords to them were published, stored in the form of salty hashes MD5. The leak became known in October 2018. Baby Names reported that “hacking occurred at least ten years ago” and that the participants were notified at that time.
Compromised Data
This breach exposed the following types of personal information:
Email
1.5M
100% of accounts
Total data points: 1.5M
Unique accounts affected: 1.5M
🔐 What should I do?
- Change your password immediately if you had an account
- Enable two-factor authentication where possible
- Monitor your accounts for suspicious activity
- Be aware of potential phishing attempts
📊 Data Classes
📩 Email
API Access
Get information about this breach programmatically:
GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/BabyNames