AOL
Disclosed Jun 23, 200422 years ago92,000,000 affectedUnverified
AOL engineer steals and sells list of 92 million customer screen names
Federal prosecutors charged AOL software engineer Jason Smathers with using inside knowledge of AOL systems to steal a list of 92 million customer screen names and selling it to a spammer. He was sentenced in 2005.
What is known
| People affected | 92,000,000 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jun 23, 2004 |
| Attack | Insider |
| Data exposed | Names, Emails |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| AOL employee arrested and charged with stealing listweb.archive.org · News | News |
| Ex-AOL worker who stole e-mail list sentencednbcnews.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Jun 23, 2004 | 92,000,000 |
Other breaches at AOL
| Breach | Affected | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosed Dec 22, 2015Dec 22, 201510 years ago | Dec 22, 201510 years ago | Not stated | Tech | Confirmed | 64 |
| AOL publishes 20 million search queries from 650,000 usersAug 6, 200620 years agoExposed dataUnverified | Aug 6, 200620 years ago | Exposed data | Tech | Unverified | 650K |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · seed source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.