Breach Record

Qakbot

DISCLOSED 2023-08-29 · MALWARE · 6,431,319 RECORDS EXPOSED

In August 2023, the US Justice Department announced a multinational operation involving actions in the United States, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom to disrupt the botnet and malware known as Qakbot and take down its infrastructure. After the takedown, 6.43M email addresses were provided to HIBP to help notify victims of the malware.

The record

What we know

Disclosed

2023-08-29

Attack vector

Malware

Records exposed

6,431,319

Data classes exposed

Email addressesPasswords

ENDPOINT INVOLVED

Sources

Cited reporting

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