Data & Leads data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the November 2018 breach of Data & Leads. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Data & Leads data breach exposed 44,320,330 accounts from datanleads.com in November 2018. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 28 Nov 2018, within a month. It is the 49th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Data & Leads’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Employers | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| IP addresses | Roughly where you were when you used the service. |
| Job titles | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
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, Data & Leads among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Data & Leads.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, within a month.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Exactis, June 2018, 132 million accounts
- Chegg, April 2018, 40 million accounts
- Ticketfly, May 2018, 26 million accounts
- Adapt, November 2018, 9.4 million accounts
- Fashion Nexus, July 2018, 1.3 million accounts
- Wendy's, March 2018, 52,485 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Data & Leads”, Have I Been Pwned, added 28 Nov 2018. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- datanleads.com, Data & Leads’s website