ShareThis Data Breach

What happened?

In July 2018, the social bookmarking and sharing service ShareThis suffered a data breach . The incident exposed 41 million unique email addresses alongside names and in some cases, dates of birth and 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. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is July 9, 2018. The record was added to the catalogue on March 3, 2019 and last updated there on March 12, 2019.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Names
• Passwords

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 ShareThis or used sharethis.com around July 9, 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.