Data breach · November 2013

Was I in the We Heart It breach?

We Heart It is an image-based social network. Its breach happened in November 2013 and exposed 8,600,635 accounts. It included passwords, email addresses and usernames. If you had an account there by November 2013, check your address below to see whether it is one of them.

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01

What happened?

We Heart It, a social network built around images, was breached in November 2013. The breach was not found until October 2017. The data held usernames, email addresses and hashed passwords. Most hashes were salted SHA-256 and the rest were MD5 with no salt.

Organisation
We Heart It, an image-based social network (weheartit.com)
When it happened
November 2013
Added to monitored breach databases
14 October 2017
Accounts in the data
8,600,635
What was exposed
passwords, email addresses and usernames
02

What was exposed, and what does it mean for me?

  • Your passwordpasswords

    The password for this account was in the data, either as written or in a stored form that can often be reversed when the password is short or common. Anyone with the list can try it on your email, bank and shopping accounts.

  • Your email addressemail addresses

    Expect messages that look like they come from this service or another one you use, written to get you to click a link or sign in on a fake page.

  • Other detailsusernames

    On their own these carry less risk, but they make a scam message sound more personal.

03

What should I do now?

In this order, for what this breach exposed.

1. Change the password, and every reuse of it

  • Change your We Heart It password if the account still exists. Then change the same password on every other account where you used it, starting with your email.
  • Use a different password for each account. A password manager makes that practical: it creates long passwords and remembers them for you.
  • Turn on a second sign-in step, such as a code from an app or a security key, for your email, bank and social accounts. Your email comes first, because every password reset goes to it.

2. Expect phishing

  • Be wary of messages that urge you to act fast, ask for personal details, or link to an address that is slightly off.
  • If a message might be genuine, do not use its links or phone numbers. Go to the site by typing its address yourself.
04

Is my address in it?

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Where does this come from?

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