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Public breachBreachXposedOrNot· 1 Jul 2012

Disqus

Domain: disqus.com

What happened

Disqus, a company that provides a commenting system for websites, experienced a data breach in 2012. The company reported that an unauthorized party gained access to their database, which contained information on approximately 17.5 million user accounts. The categories of data that were breached included email addresses, usernames, and hashed passwords. Disqus stated that they had no evidence that the hackers were able to access any other sensitive information.

Breach facts

Records exposed
17,557,543
Sensitive
No
Industry
Entertainment
Data exposed
UsernamesEmail addressesPasswords

This page summarises publicly reported breach metadata for awareness. For account recovery or incident response, use the official guidance from the affected service.

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