The Post Millennial
HIGH RISKData breach — May 2024
In May 2024, the conservative news website The Post Millennial suffered a data breach. The breach resulted in the defacement of the website and links posted to 3 different corpuses of data including hundreds of writers and editors (IP, physical address and email exposed), tens of thousands of subscribers to the site (name, email, username, phone and plain text password exposed), and tens of millions of email addresses from thousands of mailing lists alleged to have been used by The Post Millennial (this has not been independently verified). The mailing lists appear to be sourced from various campaigns not necessarily run by The Post Millennial and contain a variety of different personal attributes including name, phone and physical address (depending on the campaign). The data was subsequently posted to a popular hacking forum and extensively torrented.
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What happened in the The Post Millennial data breach?
In May 2024, the conservative news website The Post Millennial suffered a data breach. The breach resulted in the defacement of the website and links posted to 3 different corpuses of data including hundreds of writers and editors (IP, physical address and email exposed), tens of thousands of subscribers to the site (name, email, username, phone and plain text password exposed), and tens of millions of email addresses from thousands of mailing lists alleged to have been used by The Post Millennial (this has not been independently verified). The mailing lists appear to be sourced from various campaigns not necessarily run by The Post Millennial and contain a variety of different personal attributes including name, phone and physical address (depending on the campaign). The data was subsequently posted to a popular hacking forum and extensively torrented.
The exposed data included 8 types of personal information. Because passwords were exposed, users who reused their password on other sites are at particular risk. Learn more about what a data breach means for you.
Quick answer — was The Post Millennial hacked?
Yes. The Post Millennial was breached in May 2024. The breach exposed 56,973,345 records including email addresses, genders, ip addresses. This breach has been independently verified. If your email was involved, your data may still be at risk today. Check if you were affected.
Why was the The Post Millennial breach so dangerous?
The The Post Millennial breach exposed 56,973,345 records — that is 57.0M people whose personal data is now circulating on the dark web. The combination of email addresses, genders, ip addresses makes this a high-risk breach that requires immediate action.
Because passwords were exposed, attackers can use credential stuffing to automatically test your The Post Millennial password against hundreds of other websites. If you reused your password anywhere, those accounts are now at risk. Read more about what happens to your data after a breach.
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What data was stolen in the The Post Millennial breach?
Email addresses — used for phishing attacks and credential stuffing against your other accounts
Genders — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
IP addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Names — used to build profiles and target you with personalised scams
Passwords — can be used to access your accounts directly or cracked to reveal your actual password
Phone numbers — enables SIM swapping attacks and targeted SMS phishing scams
Physical addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Usernames — used to build profiles and target you with personalised scams
Is the The Post Millennial breach still dangerous in 2026?
Yes. Stolen data from the The Post Millennial breach remains dangerous years after the incident. Research shows that over 65% of stolen credentials from older breaches have never been changed by the account holders. Attackers routinely compile data from multiple breaches to build complete profiles, and credentials from 2024 are still actively used in credential stuffing attacks today.
Personal information like email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth never expire. Even if you changed your The Post Millennial password, the other exposed data can be combined with information from other breaches to target you. Learn more about how long stolen data stays dangerous.
Frequently asked about the The Post Millennial breach
Approximately 56,973,345 user records were exposed in the The Post Millennial breach in May 2024.
Yes. Leaked credentials are actively used in credential stuffing attacks years after a breach. If you reused your The Post Millennial password elsewhere and haven't changed it, those accounts remain at risk today.
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Who was affected by the The Post Millennial breach?
The The Post Millennial data breach affected approximately 56,973,345 users who had accounts with the service. With 57.0M records exposed, this is one of the larger breaches tracked in our database of 970+ known breaches.
If you ever created an account with The Post Millennial or used their services, your data may have been included in this breach. Check your email now to find out. You can also read our guide on what to do immediately after a data breach.
If your email was in the The Post Millennial breach
Change your The Post Millennial password immediately
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