Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries critical risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In mid-2018, the online photography community 500px suffered a data breach. The incident exposed almost 15 million unique email addresses alongside names, usernames, genders, dates of birth and either an MD5 or bcrypt password hash. In 2019, the data appeared listed for sale on a dark web marketplace (along with several other large breaches) and subsequently began circulating more broadly.
About 500px
Online photography community and marketplace.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 14.9M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In July 2018, 500px experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 14.9M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as date of birth, email address, full name, gender, geographic locations.
Approximately 14.9M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A public-facing individual
- A high-profile executive
- A customer of 500px
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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