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DoorDash data breach

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

The DoorDash data breach exposed 367,476 accounts from doordash.com in August 2022. The data taken includes partial credit card data, names, email addresses and geographic locations.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 7 Jan 2023, 5 months later. It is the 506th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

DoorDash’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
Partial credit card dataNot enough to spend, but enough to make a fake call from your bank convincing.
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Geographic locationsRoughly where you live.

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, DoorDash among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention DoorDash.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. Watch your statements.Report anything you don’t recognise to your bank, and ask for a new card if full card numbers leaked.

Timeline

  • : the breach, as best it can be dated.
  • : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 5 months later.

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. “DoorDash”, Have I Been Pwned, added 7 Jan 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.