BookCrossing

What Happened

In August 2022, the book social networking site BookCrossing disclosed a data breach that dated back to a database backup from November 2012. The incident exposed almost 1.6M records including names, usernames, email and IP addresses, dates of birth and plain text passwords.

Compromised Data

Dates of birth
Email addresses
Geographic locations
IP addresses
Names
Passwords
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    1.6 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    November 2012

  • Added to HIBP:

    25 Jul 2023

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your BookCrossing password since 2012, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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