VK 2012

458M total records 173M unique accounts

About this breach

In 2012, the website of the Russian social network VKontakte was hacked. 100 million accounts were disclosed. The data got to the network in June 2016 and included names, phones, mail and passwords in open form.

Compromised Data

This breach exposed the following types of personal information:

📩
Email
173M
100% of accounts
🔑
Password
145.4M
84.1% of accounts
🆔
VK ID
86.7M
50.1% of accounts
👤
Full name
30.2M
17.5% of accounts
📞
Telephone
22.7M
13.1% of accounts

Total data points: 458M

Unique accounts affected: 173M

🔐 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 🆔 VK ID 👤 Full name 📞 Telephone

API Access

Get information about this breach programmatically:

GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/VK-2012