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.
| Domain | Entries | Date Breached | Hashing | Privacy | acknowledged? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://ancestry.com | 297,806 | 2015-11-07 | plaintext | Public | Yes |
Information leaked
Email addresses, Passwords
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