Breach date: 2024-08-18. Added to this index: 2024-12-15. Accounts affected: about 2.1M. Domain: not listed.
What happened
In August 2024, data aggregator MC2 Data left a database publicly accessible without a password which was subsequently discovered by a security researcher. The breach exposed the personal information of 2.1M subscribers to the service which was marketed under a series of different brand names. The data included email addresses, names and salted SHA-256 password hashes.
Breach data sourced from Have I Been Pwned, used under CC BY 4.0. Additional breach metadata provided by XposedOrNot. DataExposed is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either.
What was exposed
Email addresses: The email address you used to register or log in. It is the most common field in breaches because it doubles as your username on most sites.
Names: Your first name, surname and sometimes middle name or initials, as you gave them when you signed up. It appears in almost every breach because nearly every account asks for it.
Passwords: The secret you use to sign in, stored by the breached service either in plain text, in a scrambled form called a hash, or encrypted. How it was stored decides how quickly it can be recovered.
What to do now
Check whether your own address is in this dataset with the free email breach check.
Change the password on this service and every other site where you used the same password.
Turn on two-factor authentication on your email account first, because it is the reset path for everything else.
Treat calls and messages that quote real details about you as hostile until you verify them another way.
Frequently asked questions
What data was leaked in the MC2 Data breach?
The MC2 Data breach exposed Email addresses, Names, Passwords. About 2.1M accounts were affected.
Was I affected by the MC2 Data breach?
Run the free email breach check with the address you used on that service. It will tell you whether your address appears in this dataset.
What should I do about the MC2 Data breach?
Change the password on that account and everywhere you reused it, then turn on two-factor authentication. Passwords from this breach are traded and tried automatically against other sites.