📡 Factual

19M total records 3.1M unique accounts

About this breach

In March 2017, the Factual aggregator database was published. It contains 8 million records. The data contained 2.5 million unique email addresses as well as the names of companies, addresses and phone numbers. Factual said that the data was "publicly available information that Factual provides on its web site."

Compromised Data

This breach exposed the following types of personal information:

📞

Telephone

7.9M

253.5% of accounts

👤

Full name

7.9M

251.3% of accounts

📩

3.1M

100% of accounts

Total data points: 19M

Unique accounts affected: 3.1M

🔐 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

📞 Telephone 👤 Full name 📩 Email

API Access

Get information about this breach programmatically:

GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/Factual