Personal Data Leak Monitor

Linux Mint data breach

145K accounts from Linux Mint (linuxmint.com) were exposed in this breach. Besides email addresses, it included passwords, which makes it a high-risk breach.

Breach date
February 21, 2016
Accounts
144,989
Added to the database
February 22, 2016

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What leaked

AvatarsDates of birthEmail addressesGeographic locationsIP addressesPasswordsTime zonesWebsite activity

What to do now

  1. Please change that password, and anywhere you reused it
  2. If your birthday is a PIN, kindly change it
  3. Do not tap links in emails claiming to be that service

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About this breach

In February 2016, the website for the Linux distro known as Linux Mint was hacked and the ISO infected with a backdoor. The site also ran a phpBB forum which was subsequently put up for sale complete with almost 145k email addresses, passwords and other personal subscriber information.

Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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