Breachesby GlyphVerifications.io
Disclosed Mar 9, 2019763,117,241 accountsUnverified
In February 2019, the email address validation service verifications.io suffered a data breach . Discovered by Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia , the breach was due to the data being stored in a MongoDB instance left publicly facing without a password and resulted in 763 million unique email addresses being exposed. Many records within the data also included additional personal attributes such as names, phone numbers, IP addresses, dates of birth and genders. No passwords were included in the data. The Verifications.io website went offline during the disclosure process, although an archived copy
What is known
| People affected | 763,117,241 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Mar 9, 2019 |
| Happened | Feb 25, 2019 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | Dates of birthEmailsEmploymentLocationIP addressesNamesPhone numbersAddresses |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.