📙 BookCrossing
About this breach
In August 2022, the Bookcrossing Free Book Club took a data leak, due to which 1.5 million participants were injured. The violation revealed the email address, user names, full names, date of birth, IP addresses and passwords in the form of open text. The violation occurred due to the fact that Bookcrossing revealed a backup copy of the database almost 9 years ago (January 13, 2013).
Compromised Data
This breach exposed the following types of personal information:
Email
1.6M
100% of accounts
Password
1.5M
96.7% of accounts
Nick
1.5M
96.5% of accounts
Full name
686.6k
43.9% of accounts
IP
149.7k
9.6% of accounts
Total data points: 5.4M
Unique accounts affected: 1.6M
🔐 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
🔑 Password
👤 Nick
👤 Full name
🎯 IP
API Access
Get information about this breach programmatically:
GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/BookCrossing