Dubsmash Data Breach

What happened?

In December 2018, the video messaging service Dubsmash suffered a data breach . The incident exposed 162 million unique email addresses alongside usernames and PBKDF2 password hashes. In 2019, the data appeared listed for sale on a dark web marketplace (along with several other large breaches) and subsequently began circulating more broadly.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is December 1, 2018. The record was added to the catalogue on February 25, 2019 and last updated there on February 25, 2019.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Geographic locations
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Spoken languages
• 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 Dubsmash or used dubsmash.com around December 1, 2018. 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.