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Disclosed Aug 6, 200620 years ago650,000 affectedUnverified

AOL publishes 20 million search queries from 650,000 users

AOL released a research dataset containing about 20 million web search queries from roughly 650,000 users over three months, keyed by pseudonymous IDs that often allowed users to be identified.

What is known

People affected650,000 (as reported by the organization)
DisclosedAug 6, 2006
AttackExposed data
Data exposedOther
SectorTech · US
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Source
AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Datatechcrunch.com · News

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
ResearchtotalAug 6, 2006650,000

Other breaches at AOL

BreachAffected
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AOL engineer steals and sells list of 92 million customer screen namesJun 23, 200422 years agoInsiderUnverified92M
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · seed source

First seen 2026-09-25 (Research). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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