Exactis
Disclosed Jun 27, 20188 years ago131,577,763 accountsUnverified
Marketing firm leaves database of 340 million records exposed online
Researcher Vinny Troia found that data broker Exactis had exposed a database of close to 340 million records on a publicly accessible server, including contact details and personal profiling data.
What is known
| People affected | 131,577,763 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jun 27, 2018 |
| Happened | Jun 1, 2018 |
| Attack | Exposed data |
| Data exposed | Financial, Dates of birth, Education records, Emails, IP addresses, Names, Employment, Phone numbers, Addresses, Other |
| Sector | Data brokers · US |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Exactishaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Marketing Firm Exactis Leaked a Personal Info Database With 340 Million Recordswired.com · News | News |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Researchtotal | Jun 27, 2018 | |
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Jul 25, 2018 | 131,577,763 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Exactis to https://www.wired.com/story/exactis-database-leak-340-million-records/ · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · sector: tech to data · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · attack: lost-device to misconfiguration · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["financial","dob","education","emails","ip-addresses","names","employment","phone","addresses"] to ["financial","dob","education","emails","ip-addresses","names","employment","phone","addresses","other"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2018-07-25 to 2018-06-27 · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In June 2018, the marketing firm Exactis inadvertently publicly leaked 340 million records of personal data . Security researcher Vinny Troia of Night Lion Security discovered the leak contained multiple terabytes of personal information sp to Researcher Vinny Troia found that data broker Exactis had exposed a database of close to 340 million records on a publicly accessible server, including contact details and personal profiling data. · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Marketing firm leaves database of 340 million records exposed online · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.