Ashley Madison data breach
In July 2015, Ashley Madison suffered a data breach that exposed dates of birth, email addresses, ethnicities, genders, names, passwords, payment histories, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions and answers, sexual orientations, usernames, and website activity. The breach affected 30,811,934 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan.
- Breach date
- July 19, 2015
- Added to this tracker
- August 18, 2015
- Accounts affected
- 30,811,934
- Company domain
- ashleymadison.com
- Data exposed
- Dates of birth, email addresses, ethnicities, genders, names, passwords, payment histories, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions and answers, sexual orientations, usernames, and website activity
Was my information in the Ashley Madison breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Ashley Madison before July 2015, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the Ashley Madison breach, the exposed data was dates of birth, email addresses, ethnicities, genders, names, passwords, payment histories, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions and answers, sexual orientations, usernames, and website activity.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Ashley Madison right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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