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TheGradCafe

Disclosed Mar 24, 2023310,975 accountsUnverified

In February 2023, the grad school admissions search website TheGradCafe suffered a data breach that disclosed the personal records of 310k users. The data included email addresses, names and usernames, genders, geographic locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Some records also included physical address, phone number and date of birth. TheGradCafe did not respond to multiple attempts to disclose the breach.

What is known

People affected310,975 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedMar 24, 2023
HappenedFeb 26, 2023
AttackNot stated
Data exposedEmailsLocationIP addressesNamesPasswordsPhone numbersAddresses
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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