Kaixin001

20.7M total records 7.3M unique accounts

About this breach

Around October 2011, a data leak occurred in the Chinese social network Kaixin001, which affected 8.2 million users. The violation included email addresses, user names and passwords in unnatered form. Kaixin001 came to the conclusion that hacked accounting data was obtained by brutposts, and not due to penetration into their database.

Compromised Data

This breach exposed the following types of personal information:

📩
Email
7.3M
100% of accounts
👤
Nick
6.8M
92.4% of accounts
🔑
Password
6.6M
89.5% of accounts

Total data points: 20.7M

Unique accounts affected: 7.3M

🔐 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 👤 Nick 🔑 Password

API Access

Get information about this breach programmatically:

GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/Kaixin001