Dennis Kirk data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the September 2021 breach of Dennis Kirk. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Dennis Kirk data breach exposed 1,356,026 accounts from denniskirk.com in September 2021. The data taken includes purchases, names, email addresses, phone numbers and geographic locations.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 5 Nov 2024, 3 years later. It is the 367th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Dennis Kirk’s breach included 5 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. |
| 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. |
| 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, Dennis Kirk among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Dennis Kirk.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, 3 years later.
- : the entry was last updated.
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:
- Domino's India, March 2021, 23 million accounts
- Epik, September 2021, 15 million accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- ZAP-Hosting, November 2021, 746,682 accounts
- Bonobos, August 2020, 2.8 million accounts
- PayHere, March 2022, 1.6 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Dennis Kirk”, Have I Been Pwned, added 5 Nov 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- denniskirk.com, Dennis Kirk’s website