ClickASnap data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the September 2022 breach of ClickASnap. For every breach, see Breaches.
The ClickASnap data breach exposed 3,262,980 accounts from clickasnap.com in September 2022. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, purchases and names and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 13 Mar 2024, 18 months later. It is the 254th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
ClickASnap’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Purchases | Shows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing. |
| 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. |
| Social media profiles | A way to reach you with scams. |
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, ClickASnap among them, without showing the data.
- Change your ClickASnap password.If the account still exists, sign in at ClickASnap (clickasnap.com) and change it.
- 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.
- 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.
- Distrust messages that mention ClickASnap.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, 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:
- Fanpass, April 2022, 112,251 accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- StockX, July 2019, 6.8 million accounts
- Vodafone, November 2013, 56,021 accounts
- Mangatoon, May 2022, 23 million accounts
- RentoMojo, April 2023, 2.2 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “ClickASnap”, Have I Been Pwned, added 13 Mar 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- clickasnap.com, ClickASnap’s website