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Was your data in the Mindjolt breach?

2019 · mindjolt.com · ~28,364,826 accounts exposedHigh severity · 7/10

Mindjolt (mindjolt.com) suffered a data breach in 2019 that exposed around 28,364,826 accounts. If you had an account, some of your personal data may be circulating in leaked databases. The fastest way to know is to check your own email — free, in about 30 seconds, no password required.

What happened

In March 2019, the online gaming website MindJolt suffered a data breach that exposed 28M unique email addresses. Also impacted were names and dates of birth, but no passwords.

Breach details sourced from Have I Been Pwned, the industry-standard breach database. Risk analysis by Nullivo.

What was exposed, and why it matters

Not all breaches carry the same risk — what matters is which fields leaked. Here is what the Mindjolt breach exposed and what each item actually enables:

Dates of birth

Date of birth is a permanent identifier used to verify identity by phone. Combined with a name and address it is often enough to impersonate you.

Names and usernames

Links this leak to your other accounts — a reused username lets anyone build a profile of you across platforms.

Email addresses

Puts you on spam and phishing lists, and confirms to attackers that you hold an account with this service — which makes impersonation emails more believable.

What to do if you were affected

These steps are ordered for this specific breach — the most urgent action given what leaked comes first.

  1. Dates of birth: Never confirm your date of birth to an inbound caller — hang up and dial the organisation back on a published number.
  2. Names and usernames: Search your usual username to see what else it exposes, and use distinct handles for sensitive accounts.
  3. Email addresses: Treat any message referencing this service with suspicion, and never act on links in unexpected emails.
  4. Check whether your own email appears in this breach — run a free scan to confirm before you spend time on the steps above.

How urgent is this now?

This breach is over 7 years old. Old credentials still cause harm — leaked passwords from a decade ago are still tried against new accounts every day.

Remember: a breach can't be "un-leaked" — once a database is out, it exists in countless copies. The goal is to make the leaked data useless: change what can be changed, lock down what can't, and remove what has been republished.

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Frequently asked questions

What data was exposed in the Mindjolt breach?

The Mindjolt breach exposed dates of birth, names and usernames, email addresses. Date of birth is a permanent identifier used to verify identity by phone. Combined with a name and address it is often enough to impersonate you.

How many people were affected by the Mindjolt breach?

Around 28,364,826 accounts were exposed, making it a very large breach by any measure.

What should I do if I had a Mindjolt account?

Never confirm your date of birth to an inbound caller — hang up and dial the organisation back on a published number. You can check whether your own email appears in this breach with a free Nullivo scan — no password required.

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