AOL

Disclosed Aug 6, 2006650,000 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 affected	650,000 (as reported by the organization)
Disclosed	Aug 6, 2006
Attack	Exposed data
Data exposed	Other
Sector	Tech · US
Status	Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization

Sources

Newstechcrunch.com

AOL Proudly Releases Massive Amounts of Private Data

Notices filed

TotalAug 6, 2006

Research650,000 people

Other breaches at AOL

Breach, details not statedBreach notice filed with the Indiana AG, details not stated.64 affectedTechUSDec 22, 2015 AOL engineer steals and sells list of 92 million customer screen namesInsider exposed names and emails.Insider92M affectedTechUSUnverifiedJun 23, 2004

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby seedSource

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

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