Snapchat data breach
In January 2014, Snapchat suffered a data breach that exposed geographic locations, phone numbers, and usernames. The breach affected 4,609,615 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
- January 1, 2014
- Added to this tracker
- January 2, 2014
- Accounts affected
- 4,609,615
- Company domain
- snapchat.com
- Data exposed
- Geographic locations, phone numbers, and usernames
Was my information in the Snapchat breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Snapchat before January 2014, 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 Snapchat breach, the exposed data was geographic locations, phone numbers, and usernames.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Snapchat 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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