Wattpad.com Database Leaked - 288 Million User Records Exposed!

whlx · Oct 4, 2023

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Wattpad.com Database Leaked - 288 Million User Records Exposed! - In 2020, Wattpad website, fell victim to a significant data breach that exposed nearly 270M records.

In June 2020, Wattpad, a user-generated stories website, fell victim to a significant data breach that revealed nearly 270 million records. The breach initially involved the sale of data, which later became public on a hacking forum and was widely distributed. This incident exposed a wealth of personal information, including names, usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, genders, birthdates, and passwords securely stored as bcrypt hashes. Additionally, the compromised data included user...