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2016 — MySpace: My Space is notifying individuals of a large data…

2016 360.0M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal information

Technical writeup

My Space is notifying individuals of a large data breach of usernames and passwords on their system. The number of passwords compromised is being reported as over 360 million. These usernames and passwords were exposed due to unsalted SHA-1 hashes that allowed hackers to run certain numbers they can obtain with a cracking server, which can process millions of SHA-1 calculations per second.The breach has been reported to only be usernames and passwords.Time Inc. who owns MySpace has confirmed the

Root cause

Hacking

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