START
Disclosed Aug 30, 20224 years ago7,455,386 accountsUnverified
In August 2022, news broke of an attack against the Russian streaming service "START" . The incident led to the exposure of 44M records containing 7.4M unique email addresses. The impacted data also included the subscriber's country and password hash. START subsequently acknowledged the incident in a Telegram post and stated that the data dated back to 2021.
What is known
| People affected | 7,455,386 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Aug 30, 2022 |
| Happened | Jun 1, 2021 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | Emails, Location, Names, Passwords |
| 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: STARThaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Aug 30, 2022 | 7,455,386 |
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.