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Database of 200M+ users published on BreachForums

2023 210.0M records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Email addresses, Usernames, Names

Technical writeup

Data on 200M+ users (emails, names, usernames) published. Scraped via API vulnerability (Jun 2021–Jan 2022). Multiple ransom attempts; Ryushi asked $200k. High-profile accounts included.

Root cause

API vulnerability exploited for scraping.

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