NetGalley data breach
In December 2020, NetGalley suffered a data breach that exposed dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, and usernames. The breach affected 1,436,435 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
- December 21, 2020
- Added to this tracker
- February 23, 2021
- Accounts affected
- 1,436,435
- Company domain
- netgalley.com
- Data exposed
- Dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, and usernames
Was my information in the NetGalley breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with NetGalley before December 2020, 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 NetGalley breach, the exposed data was dates of birth, email addresses, ip addresses, names, passwords, phone numbers, physical addresses, and usernames.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at NetGalley 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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