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Disclosed May 12, 201610 years ago65,469,298 accountsUnverified

Tumblr reveals 2013 breach of emails and passwords, 65 million accounts

Tumblr disclosed that it had learned of a 2013 breach of a set of user email addresses and salted, hashed passwords without giving a count; analysis of the data put it at about 65 million accounts.

What is known

People affected65,469,298 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned)
DisclosedMay 12, 2016
HappenedFeb 28, 2013
AttackHacking
Data exposedEmails, Passwords
SectorTech · US
StatusUnverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization
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Sources

Source
Have I Been Pwned: tumblrhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator
Hackers Stole 65 Million Passwords From Tumblr, New Analysis Revealsvice.com · News

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
ResearchtotalMay 12, 2016
Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the dataMay 29, 201665,469,298
History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · source_type: aggregator to press · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · source_url: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Tumblr to https://www.vice.com/en/article/hackers-stole-68-million-passwords-from-tumblr-new-analysis-reveals/ · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · country: empty to US · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · attack: unknown to hacking · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · disclosed: 2016-05-29 to 2016-05-12 · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · summary: In early 2013, tumblr suffered a data breach which resulted in the exposure of over 65 million accounts. The data was later put up for sale on a dark market website and included email addresses and passwords stored as salted SHA1 hashes. to Tumblr disclosed that it had learned of a 2013 breach of a set of user email addresses and salted, hashed passwords without giving a count; analysis of the data put it at about 65 million accounts. · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · title: empty to Tumblr reveals 2013 breach of emails and passwords, 65 million accounts · seed source
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

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

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