Edmodo Data Breach
What Happened
In May 2017, the education platform Edmodo was hacked resulting in the exposure of 77 million records comprised of over 43 million unique customer email addresses. The data was consequently published to a popular hacking forum and made freely available. The records in the breach included usernames, email addresses and bcrypt hashes of passwords.
Compromised Data
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Affected Addresses:
43.4M
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Breach Occurred:
May 2017
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Added to HIBP:
1 Jun 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.
Trusted by 1.5 million paying customers. Guardio blocks scam calls, texts, emails and websites, and helps you close security gaps in your accounts, so you can go about your day with more peace of mind.
Try Guardio
Get Aura for identity theft and credit protection. Keep your assets safe with fast fraud alerts, instant credit lock, and $1,000,000 identity theft insurance. Speak to a U.S. based fraud specialist 24/7.
Try Aura
Use a password manager to generate and store strong, unique passwords for all your accounts. 1Password helps protect your data with industry-leading security.
Try 1Password