Wattpad
Disclosed Jul 19, 20206 years ago268,765,495 accountsUnverified
In June 2020, the user-generated stories website Wattpad suffered a huge data breach that exposed almost 270 million records . The data was initially sold then published on a public hacking forum where it was broadly shared. The incident exposed extensive personal information including names and usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
What is known
| People affected | 268,765,495 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jul 19, 2020 |
| Happened | Jun 29, 2020 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Dates of birth, Emails, Location, IP addresses, 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: Wattpadhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Jul 19, 2020 | 268,765,495 |
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.