Bourse des Vols data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2021 breach of Bourse des Vols. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Bourse des Vols data breach exposed 1,460,130 accounts from bourse-des-vols.com in January 2021. The data taken includes purchases, dates of birth, names and physical addresses and 4 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 3 Jul 2022, 18 months later. It is the 351st largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Bourse des Vols’s breach included 8 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Purchases | Shows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing. |
| Dates of birth | Used to prove who you are to banks and phone companies. |
| 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. |
| Flights taken | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| IP addresses | Roughly where you were when you used the service. |
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, Bourse des Vols among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Bourse des Vols.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, 18 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:
- Hot Topic, October 2024, 57 million accounts
- Neiman Marcus, April 2024, 31 million accounts
- Sport 2000, April 2024, 3.2 million accounts
- Fashion Nexus, July 2018, 1.3 million accounts
- MyPertamina, November 2022, 6 million accounts
- Brinks Home, July 2026, 732,162 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Bourse des Vols”, Have I Been Pwned, added 3 Jul 2022. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- bourse-des-vols.com, Bourse des Vols’s website