Personal Data Leak Monitor

TheGradCafe data breach

311K accounts from TheGradCafe (thegradcafe.com) were exposed in this breach. Besides email addresses, it included passwords, which makes it a high-risk breach.

Breach date
February 26, 2023
Accounts
310,975
Added to the database
March 24, 2023

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What leaked

Email addressesGendersGeographic locationsIP addressesNamesPasswordsPhone numbersPhysical addressesUsernames

What to do now

  1. Please change that password, and anywhere you reused it
  2. Do not tap links in emails claiming to be that service
  3. Expect scam emails that use your real name
  4. Be alert to fake delivery or unpaid-bill texts and calls
  5. Be careful with unexpected mail or visitors

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About this breach

In February 2023, the grad school admissions search website TheGradCafe suffered a data breach that disclosed the personal records of 310k users. The data included email addresses, names and usernames, genders, geographic locations and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Some records also included physical address, phone number and date of birth. TheGradCafe did not respond to multiple attempts to disclose the breach.

Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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