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123RF Data Breach

Understand what this public breach record reports and choose next steps based on the information involved.

Breach date: March 22, 20208,661,578 affected accounts in the record
01

What happened?

In March 2020, the stock photo site 123RF suffered a data breach which impacted over 8 million subscribers and was subsequently sold online. The breach included email, IP and physical addresses, names, phone numbers and passwords stored as MD5 hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

02

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is March 22, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on November 15, 2020 and last updated there on November 15, 2020.

03

What information was reported as exposed?

  • Email addresses
  • IP addresses
  • Names
  • Passwords
  • Phone numbers
  • Physical addresses
  • Usernames

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

04

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with 123RF or used 123rf.com around March 22, 2020. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

05

What should you do?

Verify whether the notice applies to you

Compare the organization, dates, and information categories with any notice you received. Use contact details you independently confirm.

Secure affected accounts

Change exposed or reused passwords, begin with your email account, and turn on multi-factor authentication where available.

Protect identity information

Review your credit reports and consider a free credit freeze if identity information could support new-account fraud.

Expect targeted phishing

Treat unexpected breach follow-ups with caution. Do not use links or phone numbers in a suspicious message; contact the organization directly.

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.

Sources and review information

Page reviewed September 14, 2026 by the Data Breach Help Editorial Team. Catalogue details reflect the provider record and may change.