Banorte data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2014 breach of Banorte. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Banorte data breach exposed 2,107,000 accounts from banorte.com in August 2014. The data taken includes account balances, government issued IDs, names and physical addresses and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 18 Aug 2022, 8 years later. It is the 311th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Banorte’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Account balances | Useful for payment fraud. |
| 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. |
| Genders | 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, Banorte among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Banorte.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.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 8 years 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:
- Vodafone, November 2013, 56,021 accounts
- JobStreet, March 2012, 3.9 million accounts
- Master Deeds, March 2017, 2.3 million accounts
- TrueFire, February 2020, 599,667 accounts
- AT&T, August 2021, 49 million accounts
- Neteller, May 2010, 3.6 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- banorte.com, Banorte’s website