Breachesby GlyphClixSense
Disclosed Sep 11, 20162,424,784 accountsUnverified
In September 2016, the paid-to-click site ClixSense suffered a data breach which exposed 2.4 million subscriber identities. The breached data was then posted online by the attackers who claimed it was a subset of a larger data breach totalling 6.6 million records. The leaked data was extensive and included names, physical, email and IP addresses, genders and birth dates, account balances and passwords stored as plain text.
What is known
| People affected | 2,424,784 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Sep 11, 2016 |
| Happened | Sep 4, 2016 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | Dates of birthEmailsIP addressesNamesPasswordsPayment cardsAddresses |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.