SaverSpy
What was exposed
Email addressesGendersNamesPhysical addresses
What to do if you were affected
- 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 September 2018, security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered a massive collection of personal details exposed in an unprotected Mongo DB instance . The data appears to have been used in marketing campaigns (possibly for spam purposes) but had little identifying data about it other than a description of "Yahoo_090618_ SaverSpy". The data set provided to HIBP had almost 2.5M unique email addresses (all of which were from Yahoo!) alongside names, genders and physical addresses.
Frequently asked questions
What is the SaverSpy data breach?
In September 2018, security researcher Bob Diachenko discovered a massive collection of personal details exposed in an unprotected Mongo DB instance . The data appears to have been used in marketing campaigns (possibly for spam purposes) but had little...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around September 2018.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 2,457,420 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Genders, Names and Physical addresses.
What should I do if I was affected?
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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