MangaDex data breach
In March 2021, MangaDex suffered a data breach that exposed email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, and usernames. The breach affected 2,987,329 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
- March 22, 2021
- Added to this tracker
- April 25, 2021
- Accounts affected
- 2,987,329
- Company domain
- mangadex.org
- Data exposed
- Email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, and usernames
Was my information in the MangaDex breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with MangaDex before March 2021, 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 MangaDex breach, the exposed data was email addresses, ip addresses, passwords, and usernames.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at MangaDex 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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