Lead Hunter
Disclosed Jun 3, 20206 years ago68,693,853 accountsUnverified
In March 2020, a massive trove of personal information referred to as "Lead Hunter" was provided to HIBP after being found left exposed on a publicly facing Elasticsearch server. The data contained 69 million unique email addresses across 110 million rows of data accompanied by additional personal information including names, phone numbers, genders and physical addresses. At the time of publishing, the breach could not be attributed to those responsible for obtaining and exposing it. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .
What is known
| People affected | 68,693,853 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jun 3, 2020 |
| Happened | Mar 4, 2020 |
| Attack | Exposed data |
| Data exposed | Emails, IP addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Addresses |
| Sector | Tech |
| 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: Lead Hunterhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Jun 3, 2020 | 68,693,853 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.