The Tamodo Leak: 494,761 Passwords Exposed. Yours Might Be One.

HEROIC analysts flagged the Tamodo breach after the affiliate marketing network's database was shared on a popular hacking forum. The incident occured in February 2020 and exposed 494,761 records containing email addresses, bcrypt password hashes, first and last names, IP addresses, birthdays, and gender information belonging to users across the United States.

Birthday and Gender Data Make Tamodo Victims Prime Identity Theft Targets

When attackers combine email addresses, full names, birthdays, and gender with IP addresses, they hold enough personally identifiable information to open fraudulent accounts, pass knowledge-based authentication checks, and impersonate victims to recieved account access at financial institutions. The scope of PII exposed here goes well beyond a typical password dump.

What Was Exposed in the Tamodo Breach

• Email Address
• Password Hash
• First Name
• Last Name
• IP Address
• Birthday
• Gender

Why Nearly 500,000 Tamodo Records Still Pose a Real Risk Today

Affiliate marketing platforms aggregate users from many different industries and demographics. The breadth of PII in this breach makes it partcularly useful for identity fraud that extends far beyond credential stuffing. Even years after the initial leak, this data remains accessable on underground forums and continues to be used in targeted phishing and account takeover campaigns.

How Database Breaches Work

A database breach occurs when an attacker gains unauthorized access to a platform's stored user records, often by exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities or misconfigured databases. The stolen data is then posted or sold on hacking forums, where it circulates indefinitely and is combined with other leaked datasets to build richer profiles for fraud.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

HEROIC's free breach scanner searches across 400 billion-plus records to tell you exactly what personal information of yours has been exposed. Run a free scan today to find out if your data appeared in the Tamodo breach or any other known incident.