Back To Breaches

Ancestry

In November 2015, an Ancestry service known as RootsWeb suffered a data breach. The breach was not discovered until late 2017 when a file containing almost 300k email addresses and plain text passwords was identified.

  • Domain: ancestry.com
  • Breach Count: 297,806
  • Breach Date: Nov. 7, 2015
  • Added: Dec. 24, 2017
  • Verified: True
  • Fabricated: False
  • Events: 0
  • Source: HaveIBeenPwned
  • Data types: Email addresses Passwords

    • Timeline