MySpace Data Breach

What happened?

In approximately 2008, MySpace suffered a data breach that exposed almost 360 million accounts . In May 2016 the data was offered up for sale on the "Real Deal" dark market website and included email addresses, usernames and SHA1 hashes of the first 10 characters of the password converted to lowercase and stored without a salt. The exact breach date is unknown, but analysis of the data suggests it was 8 years before being made public .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 1, 2008. The record was added to the catalogue on May 31, 2016 and last updated there on May 31, 2016.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Passwords
• 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 MySpace or used myspace.com around July 1, 2008. 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.