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
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In December 2018, the data science website DataCamp suffered a data breach of records dating back to January 2017. The incident exposed 760k unique email and IP addresses along with names and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. 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 DataCamp
Online learning platform for data science.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 761K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In January 2017, DataCamp experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 761K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, full name, geographic locations, ip address, password.
Approximately 761K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A high-profile executive
- A customer of DataCamp
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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