
FaceUP
What Happened
In 2013, the Danish social media site FaceUP suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 87k unique email addresses alongside genders, dates of birth, names, phone numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. When notified of the incident, FaceUP advised they had identified a SQL injection vulnerability at the time and forced password resets on impacted customers.
Compromised Data
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Affected Accounts:
87.6 thousand
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Breach Occurred:
January 2013
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Added to HIBP:
13 Jan 2019
Recommended Actions
Change Your Password
If you haven't changed your FaceUP password since 2013, do so immediately.
Enable Two-Factor Authentication
Add an extra layer of security to your account.