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
- Social media account targeting and impersonation
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In March 2020, the photo print service Chatbooks suffered a data breach which was subsequently put up for sale on a dark web marketplace. The breach contained 15 million user records with 2.5 million unique email addresses alongside names, phone numbers, social media profiles and salted SHA-512 password hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com.
About Chatbooks
Photo book creation service.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 2.5M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In March 2020, Chatbooks experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 2.5M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, full name, password, phone number, social media profile.
Approximately 2.5M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A high-profile executive
- A customer of Chatbooks
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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