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Avito data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the November 2022 breach of Avito. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Avito data breach exposed 2,721,835 accounts from avito.ma in November 2022. The data taken includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, geographic locations and IP addresses.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 14 Nov 2023, 12 months later. It is the 274th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Avito’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.
Geographic locationsRoughly where you live.
IP addressesRoughly where you were when you used the service.

What to do

  1. Check whether you’re in it.Search your email address on Have I Been Pwned. It tells you which breaches it appears in, Avito among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Avito.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. 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, 12 months later.

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:

See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “Avito”, Have I Been Pwned, added 14 Nov 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.