diet.com Data Breach

What happened?

In August 2014, the diet and nutrition website diet.com suffered a data breach resulting in the exposure of 1.4 million unique user records dating back as far as 2004. The data contained email and IP addresses, usernames, plain text passwords and dietary information about the site members including eating habits, BMI and birth date. The site was previously reported as compromised on the Vigilante.pw breached database directory.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is August 10, 2014. The record was added to the catalogue on October 13, 2017 and last updated there on October 13, 2017.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Eating habits
• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Physical attributes
• Usernames

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 diet.com or used diet.com around August 10, 2014. 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.