Elanic data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2018 breach of Elanic. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Elanic data breach exposed 2,325,283 accounts from elanic.in in January 2018. The data taken includes usernames, email addresses and geographic locations.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 4 May 2020, 2 years later. It is the 298th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Elanic’s breach included 3 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| 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, Elanic among them, without showing the data.
- Turn on two-step sign-in.On Elanic (elanic.in) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
- Distrust messages that mention Elanic.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, 2 years 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:
- Dubsmash, December 2018, 162 million accounts
- MyFitnessPal, February 2018, 144 million accounts
- Houzz, May 2018, 49 million accounts
- Chegg, April 2018, 40 million accounts
- Poshmark, May 2018, 36 million accounts
- EyeEm, February 2018, 20 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- elanic.in, Elanic’s website