Earlier this month the social network admitted customer details had been compromised back in 2013, but didn't say how many accounts were affected. Over 65 m Tumblr passwords have been offered on the dark ##net for $ 150 ( £ 102 ) , according to Motherboard . The data breach occurred in 2015 but coincides with the release of historical account details of Myspace and LinkedIn users . Tumblr stated that the accounts had been ' hashed ' and ' salted , ' and that they are harder , though not impossible , to crack . Users are being advised to add new passwords .
Over 65 m Tumblr passwords have been offered on the dark ##net for $ 150 ( £ 102 ) , according to Motherboard . The data breach occurred in 2015 but coincides with the release of historical account details of Myspace and LinkedIn users . Tumblr stated that the accounts had been ' hashed ' and ' salted , ' and that they are harder , though not impossible , to crack . Users are being advised to add new passwords .