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Chegg

2 breaches40M affected in allTechchegg.com

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source2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26https://www.maine.gov/ag/sites/maine.gov.ag/files/docs/Data%20breach%20spreadsheet%208-1-2021%20through%2012-5-2018%20REDACTED.xlsx
status2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26settled
lawsuit2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26FTC consent order (Oct 2022); no monetary penalty
sector2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26education
attack2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26hacking
data_types2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26["emails","names","passwords","phone","addresses","financial","health","ssn"]
records_basis2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26organization
records2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-2640000000
summary2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26A former contractor used a shared, fully privileged AWS access key to take 40 million Chegg user records in 2018, and three phishing breaches exposed more customer and employee data including financial, medical and Social Security informati
title2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26Four breaches from 2017 to 2020 exposed 40M users' data; FTC order
hibp2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26Chegg
sector2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26tech
data_types2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26["emails","names","passwords","phone","addresses"]
records_basis2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26hibp
records2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-2639721127
occurred2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-262018-04-28
summary2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26In April 2018, the textbook rental service Chegg suffered a data breach that impacted 40 million subscribers. The exposed data included email addresses, usernames, names and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. A small number of records
domain2026-09-25
Cheggchegg.com
Added2026-09-25
Chegg, 2018-09-26
Added2026-09-25
Chegg, 2020-04-27
Added2026-09-25
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