CafeMom Data Breach

What Happened

In 2014, the social network for mothers CafeMom suffered a data breach. The data surfaced alongside a number of other historical breaches including Kickstarter, Bitly and Disqus and contained 2.6 million email addresses and plain text passwords.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Passwords

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    2.6 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    April 2014

  • Added to HIBP:

    9 Nov 2017

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven’t already changed the password affected by this breach, do so immediately on every account where it was used.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Wherever 2FA is supported, add an extra layer of security to your account.

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