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boAt data breach

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

The boAt data breach exposed 7,528,985 accounts from boat-lifestyle.com in March 2024. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 8 Apr 2024, within a month. It is the 151st largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

boAt’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Physical addressesUsed to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels.
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.

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, boAt among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention boAt.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, within a month.
  • : the entry was last updated.

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. “boAt”, Have I Been Pwned, added 8 Apr 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.