Payad.me

In 2018 the digital advertising platform Payad.me suffered a data breach that resulted in the exposure of sensitive user credentials. The incident involved the compromise of approximately 100000 user accounts. The leaked data primarily consisted of email addresses and passwords which were allegedly stored in a format that allowed for unauthorized access. This breach posed a significant security risk to users who reused the same credentials across other online services. The exact method of the intrusion was not publicly detailed by the company but the database was subsequently circulated within the dark web community and security research circles.