Gab
What was exposed
AvatarsEmail addressesNamesPasswordsPrivate messagesUsernames
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 February 2021, the alt-tech social network service Gab suffered a data breach . The incident exposed almost 70GB of data including 4M user accounts, a small number of private chat logs and a list of public groups and public posts made to the service. Only a small number of accounts included email addresses and / or passwords stored as bcrypt hashes with a total of 66.5k unique email addresses being exposed across the corpus of data.
Frequently asked questions
What is the Gab data breach?
In February 2021, the alt-tech social network service Gab suffered a data breach . The incident exposed almost 70GB of data including 4M user accounts, a small number of private chat logs and a list of public groups and public posts made to the service. Only...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around February 2021.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 66,521 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Avatars, Email addresses, Names, Passwords, Private messages 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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