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Knuddels

Disclosed Apr 8, 2019808,330 accountsUnverified

In September 2018, the German social media website Knuddels suffered a data breach . The incident exposed 808k unique email addresses alongside usernames, real names, the city of the person and their password in plain text. Knuddels was subsequently fined €20k for the breach .

What is known

People affected808,330 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedApr 8, 2019
HappenedSep 5, 2018
AttackNot stated
Data exposedEmailsLocationNamesPasswords
SectorTech
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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History of this record
Added2026-09-25
First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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