Breachesby GlyphFaceUP
Disclosed Jan 13, 201987,633 accountsUnverified
In 2013, the Danish social media site FaceUP suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 87k unique email addresses alongside genders, dates of birth, names, phone numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. When notified of the incident, FaceUP advised they had identified a SQL injection vulnerability at the time and forced password resets on impacted customers.
What is known
| People affected | 87,633 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jan 13, 2019 |
| Happened | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | Dates of birthEmailsNamesPasswordsPhone numbers |
| 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.