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title: "Data breach at 000webhost"
description: "In March 2015, 000webhost suffered a data breach. 15 million accounts were affected. The exposed data includes email addresses, connection data, names and passwords."
canonical: https://inyourgeek.com/en/fuites-de-donnees/2015-03-01-000webhost
type: fuite-de-donnees
author: "Sébastien Soulier"
publisher: "InYourGeek"
language: en
datePublished: 2015-10-26
dateModified: 2015-10-26
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# 000webhost

Data breach — High

In March 2015, 000webhost suffered a data breach. 15 million accounts were affected. The exposed data includes email addresses, connection data, names and passwords.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Disclosed on | October 26, 2015 |
| Incident dated | March 1, 2015 |
| Accounts affected | 15M |
| Sector | Digital services |
| Country | International or undetermined |
| Cause | Undisclosed |
| Severity | High |
| Status | Confirmed |

## Exposed data

- Email address
- Connection data (IP, logs)
- Full name
- Password (hashed)

## What you can do

- Change that password — and everywhere you reused it. That is how a leak spreads to your other accounts.
- Turn on two-factor authentication on the affected accounts: a stolen password is then no longer enough.
- Expect phishing attempts quoting your name and this company. A message that knows your details is not legitimate for that reason.
- You can ask the organisation exactly what was exposed about you (right of access), and complain to the DPA if no answer comes within a month.

## Sources

- [Have I Been Pwned — 000webhost](https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/000webhost) — Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

_Entry built from Have I Been Pwned’s structured data, with no model rewriting._

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