January 1, 2017 Verified Social Media

LiveJournal Data Breach

An account file associated with LiveJournal was widely redistributed in May 2020 and contained 26,372,781 unique accounts.

26.4 Million

Reported Records

Data Types

Critical

Severity

Yes

Verification

Exposed Data Types

Email addresses

Passwords

Usernames

Additional Information

Added DateMay 26, 2020

Breach DateJanuary 1, 2017

Domainlivejournal.com

SourceAlleged credential exposure

Last Content UpdateJuly 19, 2026

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