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mail.ru breach: questions and answers
When did the mail.ru data breach happen?
The mail.ru breach dates to September 2014.
How many records were leaked in the mail.ru breach?
LeakCheck has indexed 41,876,310 records from the mail.ru breach.
What data was exposed in the mail.ru breach?
The leaked records include email addresses and passwords.
Were passwords exposed in the mail.ru breach?
Yes. The indexed mail.ru records include passwords, in plain text or hashed. If you had an account, change that password and every other password you reused.
Is the mail.ru breach verified?
Not fully. The origin of this dataset has not been confirmed, so LeakCheck lists it with an “unverified” flag.
How do I check if my data was in the mail.ru breach?
Enter your email address, username or phone number in the search form on this page. The free check shows whether your data appears in the mail.ru breach — and in any of the other 1,468 sources LeakCheck indexes.
What should I do if my data was in the mail.ru breach?
Change the password you used on mail.ru and everywhere you reused it, turn on two-factor authentication, and watch for phishing that quotes details from the leak. To hear about the next breach first, set up breach monitoring.