Myspace
Disclosed May 31, 201610 years ago359,420,698 affectedConfirmed
Stolen logins from pre-2013 Myspace accounts offered on hacker forum
Myspace said stolen login data for accounts created before June 11, 2013 on its old platform, including emails, usernames and passwords, was being offered in an online hacker forum; it invalidated those passwords. Have I Been Pwned loaded almost 360 million accounts.
What is known
| People affected | 359,420,698 (as reported by the organization) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | May 31, 2016 |
| Happened | Jul 1, 2008 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Emails, Passwords, Names |
| Sector | Tech · US |
| Status | Confirmed |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| California Attorney General breach notice: Myspaceoag.ca.gov · Official notice | Official notice |
| Have I Been Pwned: MySpacehaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
| Myspace Blog: update on security incidentweb.archive.org · The organization | The organization |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | May 31, 2016 | 359,420,698 |
| Researchtotal | May 31, 2016 | 359,420,698 |
| California AGresidents of CA | Jun 3, 2016 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: ["emails","passwords"] to ["emails","passwords","names"] · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: hibp to organization · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: In approximately 2008, MySpace suffered a data breach that exposed almost 360 million accounts . In May 2016 the data was offered up for sale on the "Real Deal" dark market website and included email addresses, usernames and SHA1 hashes of to Myspace said stolen login data for accounts created before June 11, 2013 on its old platform, including emails, usernames and passwords, was being offered in an online hacker forum; it invalidated those passwords. Have I Been Pwned loaded a · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Stolen logins from pre-2013 Myspace accounts offered on hacker forum · seed source
- 2026-09-25 · hibp: empty to MySpace · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · sector: other to tech · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · data_types: [] to ["emails","passwords"] · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records_basis: empty to hibp · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · records: empty to 359420698 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2016-06-03 to 2016-05-31 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · occurred: empty to 2008-07-01 · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · summary: empty to In approximately 2008, MySpace suffered a data breach that exposed almost 360 million accounts . In May 2016 the data was offered up for sale on the "Real Deal" dark market website and included email addresses, usernames and SHA1 hashes of · backfill source
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (California AG), confirmed by California AG. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.