LiveJournal Data Breach

LiveJournal experienced a data breach that was reported on January 1, 2017. Breach of LiveJournal exposing 26,372,781 records

Key Facts

Organization
LiveJournal
Date Reported
January 1, 2017
Incident Type
unauthorized access
Severity Score
9/10
Confidence Level
high
Tags
high severitymega breachunauthorized access

Source

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Understanding unauthorized access Incidents

Unauthorized access breaches occur when attackers gain entry to systems without permission through credential theft, vulnerability exploitation, or social engineering.