Elance

What Happened

Sometime in 2009, staffing platform Elance suffered a data breach that impacted 1.3 million accounts. Appearing online 8 years later, the data contained usernames, email addresses, phone numbers and SHA1 hashes of passwords, amongst other personal data.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Employers
Geographic locations
Passwords
Phone numbers
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    1.3 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    January 2009

  • Added to HIBP:

    18 Feb 2017

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Elance password since 2009, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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Use 1Password to generate and store strong, unique passwords for all your accounts.

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