According to MyHeritage, the breach took place on Oct. 26, 2017, and effects users who signed up for an account through that date. (Photo: Shutterstock)
(Bloomberg) – Consumer genealogy website MyHeritage said that email addresses and password information linked to more than 92 million user accounts have been compromised in an apparent hacking incident.
MyHeritage said that its security officer had received a message from a researcher who unearthed a file named "myheritage" containing email addresses and hashed passwords of 92,283,889 of its users on a private server outside the company.
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