Breachesby GlyphDisqus
Disclosed Oct 6, 201717,551,044 accountsUnverified
In October 2017, the blog commenting service Disqus announced they'd suffered a data breach . The breach dated back to July 2012 but wasn't identified until years later when the data finally surfaced. The breach contained over 17.5 million unique email addresses and usernames. Users who created logins on Disqus had salted SHA1 hashes of passwords whilst users who logged in via social providers only had references to those accounts.
What is known
| People affected | 17,551,044 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 6, 2017 |
| Happened | Jul 1, 2012 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | EmailsPasswords |
| 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.