000webhost2015
In approximately March 2015, the free web hosting provider 000webhost suffered a major data breach that exposed almost 15 million customer records. The data was sold and traded before 000webhost was alerted in October. The breach included names, email addresses and plain text passwords.
- Domains
- www.000webhost.com
- Exposures
- Passwords
- Accounts
- 14.9 million
References
- Oct 2015, 000webhost hacked, 13 million customers exposed ZDNet Charlie Osborne
- Oct 2015, 13.5Mn User Accounts May Be Compromised in 000Webhost Breach
- Oct 2015, 000Webhost Security Breach:13,5 Million Passwords Leaked
- 000Webhost blames PHP exploit for breach of 13.5 million records
- Oct 2015, Hacker Leaks 13 million emails and passwords in 000Webhost Breach
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- Oct 2015, Breaches, traders, plain text passwords, ethical disclosure and 000webhost Troy Hunt www.troyhunt.com
- Biggest Free Hosting Company Hacked; 13.5 Million Plaintext Passwords Leaked
- Oct 2015, Data Breach at Web Host Exposes 13 Million Passwords in Plain Text
