GeniusU Data Breach

What happened?

In November 2020, a collection of data breaches were made public including the "Entrepreneur Success Platform", GeniusU . Dating back to the previous month, the data included 1.3M names, email and IP addresses, genders, links to social media profiles and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is October 2, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on January 8, 2021 and last updated there on January 10, 2021.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Genders
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Social media profiles

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 GeniusU or used geniusu.com around October 2, 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.