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Breach details for Factual

Title
Factual
Domain
factual.com
Breach
2017-03-22
Added
2019-12-24T10:56:18Z
Modified
2019-12-24T10:56:18Z
Data Count
2461696
Description
In March 2017, a file containing 8M rows of data allegedly sourced from data aggregator Factual was compiled and later exchanged on the premise it was a "breach". The data contained 2.5M unique email addresses alongside business names, addresses and phone numbers. After consultation with Factual, they advised the data was "publicly available information about businesses and other points of interest that Factual makes available on its website and to customers".
Type of Data
Email addresses, Employers, Phone numbers, Physical addresses