🍏 YouNow
About this breach
In February 2019, the data of the YouNow direct broadcasts service appeared on sale in a darknet. The data raised included 18 million unique email addresses, as well as IP addresses, user names and references to profiles on social networks. Since authentication is performed through social networks, passwords were absent.
Compromised Data
This breach exposed the following types of personal information:
Nick
31.7M
229.7% of accounts
Full name
30.2M
219.1% of accounts
Email
13.8M
100% of accounts
fFacebookid
12.4M
90.1% of accounts
Instagram identifier
3.4M
24.6% of accounts
Total data points: 91.5M
Unique accounts affected: 13.8M
🔐 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
👤 Nick
👤 Full name
📩 Email
fFacebookid
📷 Instagram identifier
API Access
Get information about this breach programmatically:
GET https://data-wells.niamonx.io/api/breach/YouNow