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Ancestry

Disclosed Dec 24, 20178 years ago297,806 accountsUnverified

In November 2015, an Ancestry service known as RootsWeb suffered a data breach . The breach was not discovered until late 2017 when a file containing almost 300k email addresses and plain text passwords was identified.

What is known

People affected297,806 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedDec 24, 2017
HappenedNov 7, 2015
AttackNot stated
Data exposedEmails, Passwords
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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Sources

Source
Have I Been Pwned: Ancestryhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the dataDec 24, 2017297,806
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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