MDPI Data Breach
The MDPI data breach affected approximately 845,012 user records according to the record dated August 30, 2016. The listed fields are email addresses, email messages, IP addresses, and names; passwords are not listed.
Exposed Data Types
4- Email addresses
- Email messages
- IP addresses
- Names
About This Breach
Email messages and contact details can make fake requests related to academic publishing or manuscript processes more convincing. IP addresses and message content also create privacy exposure even without a listed password field.
A match means that the queried email address or name corresponds to a listed field; it does not prove that the account was compromised today. Verify manuscript, review, or account-update requests through the official portal and use multi-factor authentication on email accounts.
Verification and editorial method
LeakData compares the incident name, date, affected-record count, and exposed data types with accessible sources. Unverified fields are not presented as facts, and records are updated when new evidence becomes available.
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