Risk level: high. Can you change it: no. Found in 3 breaches in this directory.
What this data is
Images you uploaded, shared in messages or stored in a cloud account or app, which can include private, intimate, family, document or location tagged photos.
The risk on its own
A photo cannot be taken back once it leaks. Private and intimate images can cause lasting distress and are used for extortion. Photos also carry hidden information, such as the location and time embedded when the picture was taken, and pictures of documents expose ID numbers.
The risk combined with other data
With your name and contact details, photos can be used to harass or extort you, or to make fake profiles more convincing. Face photos can be run through facial recognition search engines to find other images of you. Photos of your home, car or children reveal where you live and who is in your life.
How criminals use it
An extortionist threatens to send intimate photos to your contacts unless you pay.
Your photos are used to create a fake dating profile that runs romance scams on other people.
Location data embedded in a leaked photo reveals your home address.
A photo of your driver licence or passport stored in the account is used for identity fraud.
Images are used as source material for fake explicit images.
What to do now
If intimate images are involved, use StopNCII.org to create hashes that participating platforms use to block uploads, and report to your national online safety or cybercrime agency.
Do not pay extortion demands. Save the messages, stop responding and report them to police.
Report any leaked photos you find online to the hosting platform using its privacy or non consensual image report form.
If any photos show ID documents, treat those documents as exposed and follow the steps for passport or licence numbers.
Switch off location tagging in your camera settings and remove old photos from accounts you no longer use.
Use Google's results about you tool to request removal of images that show personal information.
Frequently asked questions
Can I get leaked photos removed from the internet?
You can get many removed through platform reports, search engine removal requests and services like StopNCII.org. Copies passed around privately are harder to control.
Someone is threatening to share my intimate photos. What should I do?
Do not pay or send more images. Keep the evidence, block the sender, report to police and ask the platforms to block the images.
Do photos really contain my location?
Many phone photos store GPS coordinates. Most social media strips them on upload, but files stored in cloud or chat backups often keep them.
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.