KM.RU

What Happened

In February 2016, the Russian portal and email service KM.RU was the target of an attack which was consequently detailed on Reddit. Allegedly protesting "the foreign policy of Russia in regards to Ukraine", KM.RU was one of several Russian sites in the breach and impacted almost 1.5M accounts including sensitive personal information.

Compromised Data

Dates of birth
Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
Recovery email addresses
Security questions and answers
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    1.5 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    February 2016

  • Added to HIBP:

    3 Mar 2016

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If you haven't changed your KM.RU password since 2016, do so immediately.

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