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BookCrossing

Disclosed Jul 25, 20231,582,323 accountsUnverified

In August 2022, the book social networking site BookCrossing disclosed a data breach that dated back to a database backup from November 2012 . The incident exposed almost 1.6M records including names, usernames, email and IP addresses, dates of birth and plain text passwords.

What is known

People affected1,582,323 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedJul 25, 2023
HappenedNov 5, 2012
AttackNot stated
Data exposedDates of birthEmailsLocationIP addressesNamesPasswords
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

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

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