Breach Database / Mashable
Yes — Mashable was breached.
- 1.4 million accounts affected
- Breach occurred 2020-06-01 · mashable.com
- Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog
What happened
In approximately mid-2020, Mashable suffered a data breach that subsequently turned up publicly in November 2020. The data included 1.4 million unique email addresses along with names, genders, expired auth tokens, physical locations, links to social media profiles and days and months of birth. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
What data was exposed
- Auth tokens
- Email addresses
- Genders
- Geographic locations
- IP addresses
- Names
- Partial dates of birth
- Social media profiles
What to do right now
- Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
- Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
- Monitor the apps you use going forward. Clearly watches the breach record for the companies behind your apps and alerts you the moment one appears.
Breach data from Have I Been Pwned. Listing here means the service appears in the public breach record — not that your personal data was affected.