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
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In February 2017, the law enforcement website PoliceOne confirmed they'd suffered a data breach. The breach contained over 700k accounts which appeared for sale by a data broker and included email and IP addresses, usernames and salted MD5 password hashes. The file the data was contained in indicated the original breach dated back to July 2014.
About PoliceOne
Law enforcement news and training platform.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 710K 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 2014, PoliceOne experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 710K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, ip address, password, username.
Approximately 710K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A high-profile executive
- A customer of PoliceOne
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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