Angel One data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the April 2023 breach of Angel One. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Angel One data breach exposed 6,765,054 accounts from angelone.in in April 2023. The data taken includes bank account numbers, dates of birth, government issued IDs and names and 4 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 7 Oct 2026, 4 years later. It is the 163rd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Angel One’s breach included 8 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Bank account numbers | Used for fake invoices and direct debit fraud. |
| Dates of birth | Used to prove who you are to banks and phone companies. |
| Government issued IDs | Enough to open accounts or take out loans in your name. |
| 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. |
| Financial investments | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
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, Angel One among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Angel One.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.
- Freeze your credit.In the US, free at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. In Australia, ask Equifax, Experian and illion for a ban. No one can open credit in your name while it’s on.
- Watch your statements.Report anything you don’t recognise to your bank, and ask for a new card if full card numbers leaked.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 4 years later.
- : the entry was last updated.
Breaches often stay hidden for a long time. Until it came out, people in it had no reason to change anything.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Odido, February 2026, 6.1 million accounts
- AT&T, August 2021, 49 million accounts
- Bouygues Telecom, August 2025, 5.7 million accounts
- Ticketcounter, February 2021, 1.9 million accounts
- Upstox, April 2021, 111,002 accounts
- JCPenney, June 2026, 368,418 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Angel One”, Have I Been Pwned, added 7 Oct 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- angelone.in, Angel One’s website