Taobao data breach
In January 2012, Taobao suffered a data breach that exposed email addresses and passwords. The breach affected 21,149,008 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. This breach is flagged as unverified, which means the exposed data has not been fully confirmed.
- Breach date
- January 1, 2012
- Added to this tracker
- October 8, 2016
- Accounts affected
- 21,149,008
- Company domain
- taobao.com
- Data exposed
- Email addresses and passwords
- Status
- Unverified
Was my information in the Taobao breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Taobao before January 2012, 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 Taobao breach, the exposed data was email addresses and passwords.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Taobao 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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