🌟 StarTribune

22.7M total records 14M unique accounts

About this breach

In October 2019, the news service from the Minnesota Startribune took a leak of data, which was subsequently sold in a darknet. As a result of hacking, more than 2 million people were discovered. They included mail, names, physical addresses, dates of birth, gender and passwords in the form of hash bcrypt.

Compromised Data

This breach exposed the following types of personal information:

📩
Email
14M
100% of accounts
👤
Full name
4.6M
32.9% of accounts
👤
Nick
2.9M
21.1% of accounts
📞
Telephone
1.2M
8.7% of accounts

Total data points: 22.7M

Unique accounts affected: 14M

🔐 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 👤 Full name 👤 Nick 📞 Telephone

API Access

Get information about this breach programmatically:

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