MySpace data breach

Risk level: Medium 45/100

What happened

In approximately 2008, MySpace suffered a data breach that exposed almost 360 million accounts. The data included email addresses, usernames and SHA1 hashes of the first 10 characters of the password converted to lowercase and stored without a salt.

Breach date: 1 July 2008
Date added: 31 May 2016
Compromised accounts: 359,420,698
Domain: myspace.com

Compromised data

Email addresses
Passwords
Usernames

Breach attributes

Verified

Recommended steps if you were in the MySpace breach:

Security remediation checklist

Work through these steps, most urgent first:

Change the password on every affected site immediately, and anywhere you reused it.
Sign out of all sessions and revoke app passwords, API keys and connected apps.
Turn on two-factor authentication (authenticator app or security key) wherever it is offered.
Use a unique password for every site so one breach cannot unlock other accounts.
Use a password manager to generate and store strong, unique passwords.
Expect targeted phishing emails that mention this breach. Do not click unexpected links.
Check other accounts that use the same username or email and secure them.
Keep an eye on your accounts for logins or changes you do not recognise.
Subscribe to breach alerts so you hear about future breaches quickly.