Спрашивай.ру Data Breach

What happened?

In May 2015, Спрашивай.ру (a the Russian website for anonymous reviews) was reported to have had 6.7 million user details exposed by a hacker known as "w0rm". Intended to be a site for expressing anonymous opinions, the leaked data included email addresses, birth dates and other personally identifiable data about almost 3.5 million unique email addresses found in the leak.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is May 11, 2015. The record was added to the catalogue on May 12, 2015 and last updated there on May 12, 2015.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• IP addresses
• Passwords
• Spoken languages

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 Спрашивай.ру or used sprashivai.ru around May 11, 2015. 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.