InterPals

What Happened

In late 2015, the online penpal site InterPals had their website hacked and 3.4 million accounts exposed. The compromised data included email addresses, geographical locations, birthdates and salted hashes of passwords.

Compromised Data

Dates of birth
Email addresses
Geographic locations
Names
Passwords
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    3.4 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    November 2015

  • Added to HIBP:

    30 Aug 2016

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your InterPals password since 2015, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

1Password

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

Try 1Password