Burger King Russia data breach
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This article is about the August 2024 breach of Burger King Russia. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Burger King Russia data breach exposed 3,155,792 accounts from burgerkingrus.ru in August 2024. The data taken includes dates of birth, names, email addresses and phone numbers and 2 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 21 Sep 2026, 2 years later. It is the 258th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Burger King Russia’s breach included 6 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Dates of birth | Used to prove who you are to banks and phone companies. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| 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. |
| Geographic locations | Roughly where you live. |
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, Burger King Russia among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Burger King Russia.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.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 2 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:
- Hot Topic, October 2024, 57 million accounts
- Neiman Marcus, April 2024, 31 million accounts
- SurveyLama, February 2024, 4.4 million accounts
- Sport 2000, April 2024, 3.2 million accounts
- digiDirect, September 2024, 304,337 accounts
- Tangerine, February 2024, 243,462 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Burger King Russia”, Have I Been Pwned, added 21 Sep 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- burgerkingrus.ru, Burger King Russia’s website