Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Credential stuffing against reused passwords across other platforms
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In November 2016, CashCrate, a platform rewarding users for completing online surveys, experienced a data breach affecting approximately 6.8 million user accounts. The compromised data included names, physical addresses, email addresses, and passwords. Notably, older accounts had passwords stored in plain text, while newer accounts utilized weak MD5 hashes, both of which are considered insecure.,
The breach was publicly disclosed in June 2017 when hackers offered the stolen data for sale on underground forums. CashCrate indicated that the breach likely resulted from a compromise of their third-party forum software, which was subsequently deactivated pending security enhancements. ,
In October 2018, a class-action lawsuit was filed against CashCrate, alleging negligence in safeguarding user information and failure to promptly inform affected individuals.,
About CashCrate
CashCrate is an organization whose data was exposed in this breach. The dataset has been verified by ObscureIQ intelligence and indexed across breach notification platforms.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 6.9M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In November 2016, CashCrate experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 6.9M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as account balance, email address, full name, password, phone number.
Approximately 6.9M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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