Appen Data Breach

What happened?

In June 2020, the AI training data company Appen suffered a data breach exposing the details of almost 5.9 million users which were subsequently sold online. Included in the breach were names, email addresses and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Some records also contained phone numbers, employers and IP addresses. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is June 22, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on July 30, 2020 and last updated there on July 30, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Employers
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers

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

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Appen or used appen.com around June 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.

What should you do?

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.