Advance Auto Parts data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the June 2024 breach of Advance Auto Parts. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Advance Auto Parts data breach exposed 79,243,727 accounts from advanceautoparts.com in June 2024. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 24 Jun 2024, 1 month later. It is the 29th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Advance Auto Parts’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Physical addresses | Used to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Phone numbers | Expect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM. |
What to do
- Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Advance Auto Parts among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Advance Auto Parts.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Put a PIN on your phone account.Ask your mobile provider for a port-out PIN, so no one can move your number to their SIM.
Settlement. This breach is covered by the Advance Auto Parts data breach settlement (paid): who qualifies, how much, and when it pays.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 1 month later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- DemandScience by Pure Incubation, February 2024, 122 million accounts
- The Post Millennial, May 2024, 57 million accounts
- Hot Topic, October 2024, 57 million accounts
- Neiman Marcus, April 2024, 31 million accounts
- French Citizens, September 2024, 28 million accounts
- Zacks (2024), June 2024, 12 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Advance Auto Parts”, Have I Been Pwned, added 24 Jun 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- advanceautoparts.com, Advance Auto Parts’s website