Wattpad

What Happened

In June 2020, the user-generated stories website Wattpad suffered a huge data breach that exposed almost 270 million records. The data was initially sold then published on a public hacking forum where it was broadly shared. The incident exposed extensive personal information including names and usernames, email and IP addresses, genders, birth dates and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

Compromised Data

Bios
Dates of birth
Email addresses
Genders
Geographic locations
IP addresses
Names
Passwords
Social media profiles
User website URLs
Usernames

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    268.8 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    June 2020

  • Added to HIBP:

    19 Jul 2020

Recommended Actions

Change Your Password

If you haven't changed your Wattpad password since 2020, do so immediately.

Enable Two-Factor Authentication

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