Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries critical risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Financial fraud using exposed financial profile data
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
- Employment-based social engineering using job and employer data
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In June 2018, Exactis experienced a data exposure due to a security misconfiguration, resulting in approximately 110.0M records containing credit status, date of birth, education information, email address, ethnicity or race, family structure.
The exposed dataset includes financial information, which elevates the risk of fraud and identity theft. Physical address data was exposed, which may increase targeting risk for affected individuals.
The breach was identified by security researcher Vinny Troia. The incident has been cataloged by both Have I Been Pwned and DataBreach.com. ObscureIQ has independently verified and classified this breach as part of its ongoing threat intelligence operations.
About Exactis
Exactis is an organization operating in the data brokerage industry. Approximately 110.0M records associated with this organization were exposed in the breach. The breach dataset includes contact information, suggesting the organization collected user registration data.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 110.0M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In June 2018, Exactis experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 110.0M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as credit status, date of birth, education information, email address, ethnicity or race:ethnicity.
Approximately 110.0M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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