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CoinTracker data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the December 2022 breach of CoinTracker. For every breach, see Breaches.

The CoinTracker data breach exposed 1,557,153 accounts from cointracker.io in December 2022. The data taken includes email addresses and partial phone numbers.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 12 Dec 2022, within a month. It is the 340th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

CoinTracker’s breach included 2 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Partial phone numbersPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.

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, CoinTracker among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention CoinTracker.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. Expect the data to resurface.Breach data is sold and combined with other leaks for years. Stay wary of messages that know a little too much about you.

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. “CoinTracker”, Have I Been Pwned, added 12 Dec 2022. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.