🌟 StarTribune
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