You've Been Scraped data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the October 2018 breach of You've Been Scraped. For every breach, see Breaches.
The You've Been Scraped data breach exposed 66,147,869 accounts in October 2018. The data taken includes names, email addresses, social media profiles and employers and 2 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 6 Dec 2018, 2 months later. It is the 38th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
You've Been Scraped’s breach included 6 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Social media profiles | A way to reach you with scams. |
| Employers | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Geographic locations | Roughly where you live. |
| Job titles | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, You've Been Scraped among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention You've Been Scraped.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Expect the data to resurface.Breach data is sold and combined with other leaks for years. Stay wary of messages that know a little too much about you.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 2 months later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Apollo, July 2018, 126 million accounts
- Houzz, May 2018, 49 million accounts
- Adapt, November 2018, 9.4 million accounts
- Pluto TV, October 2018, 3.2 million accounts
- Eatigo, October 2018, 2.8 million accounts
- Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer, October 2019, 622 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “You've Been Scraped”, Have I Been Pwned, added 6 Dec 2018. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address