Breach Database / Bookmate
Yes — Bookmate was breached.
- 3.8 million accounts affected
- Breach occurred 2018-07-08 · bookmate.com
- Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog
What happened
In mid-2018, the social ebook subscription service Bookmate was among a raft of sites that were breached and their data then sold in early-2019. The data included almost 4 million unique email addresses alongside names, genders, dates of birth and passwords stored as salted SHA-512 hashes.
What data was exposed
- Dates of birth
- Email addresses
- Genders
- Geographic locations
- Names
- Passwords
- Usernames
What to do right now
- Change your password for this service now. And change it anywhere you reused the same password — attackers try leaked passwords on other sites within hours ("credential stuffing").
- Turn on two-factor authentication. Even a leaked password is useless against an account protected by a second factor. Prefer an authenticator app over SMS.
- Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
- Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
- Monitor the apps you use going forward. Clearly watches the breach record for the companies behind your apps and alerts you the moment one appears.
Breach data from Have I Been Pwned. Listing here means the service appears in the public breach record — not that your personal data was affected.