[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$f1sw07jpb8x1qw":3},{"success":4,"breach":5},true,{"_id":6,"name":7,"title":8,"slug":9,"domain":10,"breachDate":11,"addedDate":12,"modifiedDate":12,"contentUpdatedAt":13,"source":14,"sourceUrl":15,"sourceUrls":16,"pwnCount":17,"affectedCount":17,"affectedCountStatus":18,"affectedCountLowerBound":19,"affectedCountUnit":20,"hasEnglishDescription":4,"severity":21,"dataClasses":22,"description":26,"seoTitle":27,"seoTitleEn":28,"seoDescription":27,"seoDescriptionEn":29,"logoUrl":30,"isVerified":4,"isSensitive":31,"isSpamList":31,"isMalware":31,"company":32},"68e3266eda11adda4882516b","Dailymotion","Dailymotion Data Breach","dailymotion","dailymotion.com","2016-10-20T00:00:00.000Z","2017-08-07T02:51:12.000Z","2026-07-18T23:49:11.579Z","Verified breach record","https:\u002F\u002Fthehackernews.com\u002F2016\u002F12\u002Fdailymotion-video-hacked.html",[15],85176234,"known",null,"unknown","Critical",[23,24,25],"Email addresses","Passwords","Usernames","\u003Cp>The Dailymotion data breach is a large-scale account data incident dated October 20, 2016, associated with the France-based video-sharing service. The verified scope is 85,176,234 unique accounts. The dataset includes email addresses, usernames, and passwords; the password field should not be considered plain text but as bcrypt password hashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Email and username information exposed in media and video services like Dailymotion can be matched with profiles on different platforms. A Bcrypt password hash does not directly mean a readable password; however, the risk continues for weak or reused passwords. If the same password was used on other accounts, an old video account breach can turn into a current account security issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Leaking Data Types and Risks\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The verified data types in the Dailymotion dataset are email addresses, passwords, and usernames. Email addresses can be used for targeted phishing, account matching, spam, and fake security notifications. Usernames can help associate the same person with other social media, video, gaming, or forum accounts. The password field is in bcrypt hash format and should not be interpreted as a plain text password.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Bcrypt provides stronger protection compared to fast hash forms; nevertheless, weak or previously seen passwords in other datasets can become guessable over time. Attackers may try the same email, username, and password combination on social media, email accounts, shopping, gaming, video, cloud storage, and work accounts. Therefore, the risk is not limited to the Dailymotion account alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Verified Scope and Boundaries\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The violation date for Dailymotion should be considered as October 20, 2016, the record entry date as August 7, 2017, and the number of affected accounts as 85,176,234. The verified data fields are email addresses, usernames, and passwords. The password field is associated with the bcrypt hash format; this distinction is important to accurately convey user risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>While explaining the scope, phone numbers, physical addresses, payment cards, identity documents, private messages, browsing history, video upload history, or real names should definitely not be presented as leak areas. Reliable scope is the risk of account identity and password hash. The warning given to the user should be centered around password reuse, email-based phishing, username matching, and account security audit.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>User Groups at Risk\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>The main group at risk consists of people who had a Dailymotion account in 2016 or earlier, or who used the same username and email address for video, social media, gaming, and entertainment services. Users who reuse the same password in their email account, on social media, shopping sites, gaming accounts, cloud storage, or work accounts are at higher risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>People who upload videos, manage channels, or use brand accounts should be cautious of messages themed around fake copyright notices, content removal, channel security, subscriptions, ad revenue, or old account warnings. Attackers can craft messages that appear to come from a legitimate service relationship even if they only know the email and username information. In the case of password reuse, the risk extends to other accounts.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Urgent Measures to Be Taken\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>Users whose accounts are found to match on Dailymotion should change their passwords on their Dailymotion account and on all accounts where the same password is used. Priority should be given to email accounts, social media, shopping, gaming, video, cloud storage, and work accounts. New passwords should be long, unique, and chosen from values stored in a password manager.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Two-factor authentication should be enabled on all major accounts that support it, active sessions and connected devices should be checked, and unfamiliar sessions should be closed. For video account security, login should be done through the service’s known website or official app before clicking on links in messages themed around copyright, channel, subscription, ad revenue, or password alerts. One-time codes, account passwords, or recovery links should not be shared in any support conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Long-Term Security Strategies\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>In the long term, a unique password for each service, a password manager, and two-factor authentication are basic defenses. Media and video accounts are often not considered critical accounts; however, when the same email, username, and password pattern is used, data from these accounts can be used in attempts to access more important services.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Users should regularly review their old video, game, forum, and social media accounts, close accounts that are not necessary, and keep recovery emails up to date. Bcrypt password hashing makes the attacker's job harder; however, password reuse weakens this protection. When email and username are exposed, targeted messages can continue for a long time, so suspicious links should be verified through a separate channel.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Ch2>Record Control and User Action\u003C\u002Fh2>\u003Cp>LeakData check shows whether the queried email address is found in the Dailymotion dataset. A positive result indicates that the email address is present in this dataset and that verified data fields should be included in the risk assessment. This result does not prove that payment card, phone number, browsing history, or private message content has been exposed.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A negative result only means that no match was found in the Dailymotion dataset; it does not eliminate the possibility of appearing in other data breaches. Users who receive a positive result should clear password reuse, enable two-factor authentication, review old sessions, and verify security messages related to video or media accounts through a separate channel.\u003C\u002Fp>","","Dailymotion Data Breach (85.2 Million Reported Records)","Dailymotion Data Breach. 85.2 Million reported records were reported. Reported data: Email addresses, Passwords, Usernames. Review the scope, risks, and…","\u002Fuploads\u002Flogo\u002Fdailymotion_com.webp",false,{"name":7,"sector":33,"country":34,"website":10,"websiteArchiveUrl":27,"websiteStatus":27,"websiteCheckedAt":19},"Video sharing platform","France"]