Breachesby GlyphGeekedIn
Disclosed Nov 17, 20161,073,164 accountsUnverified
In August 2016, the technology recruitment site GeekedIn left a MongoDB database exposed and over 8M records were extracted by an unknown third party. The breached data was originally scraped from GitHub in violation of their terms of use and contained information exposed in public profiles, including over 1 million members' email addresses. Full details on the incident (including how impacted members can see their leaked data) are covered in the blog post on 8 million GitHub profiles were leaked from GeekedIn's MongoDB - here's how to see yours .
What is known
| People affected | 1,073,164 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Nov 17, 2016 |
| Happened | Aug 15, 2016 |
| Attack | Vendor breach |
| Data exposed | EmailsLocationNames |
| 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.