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BitView data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the December 2024 breach of BitView. For every breach, see Breaches.

The BitView data breach exposed 63,127 accounts from bitview.net in December 2024. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, dates of birth and email addresses and 6 more kinds of data.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 19 Dec 2024, within a month. It is the 594th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

BitView’s breach included 10 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PasswordsCriminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them.
UsernamesHalf of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts.
Dates of birthUsed to prove who you are to banks and phone companies.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Private messagesWhat you wrote, readable by whoever has the data.
BiosPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.
CommentsPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.
GendersPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.
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, BitView among them, without showing the data.
  2. Change your BitView password.If the account still exists, sign in at BitView (bitview.net) and change it.
  3. Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
  4. Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
  5. Distrust messages that mention BitView.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.

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.

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. “BitView”, Have I Been Pwned, added 19 Dec 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.