Taringa

What Happened

In September 2017, news broke that Taringa had suffered a data breach exposing 28 million records. Known as "The Latin American Reddit", Taringa's breach disclosure notice indicated the incident dated back to August that year. The exposed data included usernames, email addresses and weak MD5 hashes of passwords.

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Passwords
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    28 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    August 2017

  • Added to HIBP:

    19 Apr 2018

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Taringa password since 2017, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

Add an extra layer of security to your account.

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