DatPiff
What was exposed
Email addressesPasswordsSecurity questions and answersUsernames
What to do if you were affected
- Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication.
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
Details
In late 2021, email address and plain text password pairs from the rap mixtape website DatPiff appeared for sale on a popular hacking forum . The data allegedly dated back to an earlier breach and in total, contained almost 7.5M email addresses and cracked password pairs. The original data source allegedly contained usernames, security questions and answers and passwords stored as MD5 hashes with a static salt.
Frequently asked questions
What is the DatPiff data breach?
In late 2021, email address and plain text password pairs from the rap mixtape website DatPiff appeared for sale on a popular hacking forum . The data allegedly dated back to an earlier breach and in total, contained almost 7.5M email addresses and cracked...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around August 2021.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 7,476,940 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Passwords, Security questions and answers and Usernames.
What should I do if I was affected?
Change your password for this account, and anywhere you reused it. Turn on two-factor authentication. Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
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