Atlas Quantum data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2018 breach of Atlas Quantum. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Atlas Quantum data breach exposed 261,463 accounts from atlasquantum.com in August 2018. The data taken includes account balances, names, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 27 Aug 2018, within a month. It is the 532nd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Atlas Quantum’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Account balances | Useful for payment fraud. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| 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, Atlas Quantum among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Atlas Quantum.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.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, within a month.
- : the entry was last updated.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- TrueFire, February 2020, 599,667 accounts
- Banorte, August 2014, 2.1 million accounts
- Dubsmash, December 2018, 162 million accounts
- Exactis, June 2018, 132 million accounts
- Apollo, July 2018, 126 million accounts
- Chegg, April 2018, 40 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Atlas Quantum”, Have I Been Pwned, added 27 Aug 2018. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- atlasquantum.com, Atlas Quantum’s website