Ancestry | Breaches

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Breach details for Ancestry

Title
Ancestry
Domain
ancestry.com
Breach
2015-11-07
Added
2017-12-24T04:28:45Z
Modified
2017-12-24T04:28:45Z
Data Count
297806
Description
In November 2015, an Ancestry service known as RootsWeb suffered a data breach. The breach was not discovered until late 2017 when a file containing almost 300k email addresses and plain text passwords was identified.
Type of Data
Email addresses, Passwords