January 1, 2012 Retail

Taobao Alleged Data Exposure

The Taobao 2012 dataset contains email addresses and plain-text passwords linked to 21,149,008 accounts; attribution to Taobao is unverified.

21.1 Million

Email Identifiers

Data Types

Critical

Exposure Scope

Verification

Exposed Data Types

Email addresses

Passwords

Additional Information

Added DateOctober 8, 2016

Breach DateJanuary 1, 2012

Domaintaobao.com

SourceUnverified third-party dataset attributed to Taobao

Last Content UpdateJuly 19, 2026

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