Frame & Optic data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2025 breach of Frame & Optic. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Frame & Optic data breach exposed 15,678 accounts from frameandoptic.com in January 2025. The data taken includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and geographic locations.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 22 Jan 2025, within a month. It is the 609th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Frame & Optic’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| 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, Frame & Optic among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Frame & Optic.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:
- Canadian Tire, October 2025, 38 million accounts
- Vietnam Airlines, June 2025, 7.3 million accounts
- Bouygues Telecom, August 2025, 5.7 million accounts
- Scholastic, January 2025, 4.2 million accounts
- WIRED, September 2025, 2.4 million accounts
- Allianz Life, July 2025, 1.1 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Frame & Optic”, Have I Been Pwned, added 22 Jan 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- frameandoptic.com, Frame & Optic’s website