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Goose Creek data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the June 2026 breach of Goose Creek. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Goose Creek data breach exposed 6,574,121 accounts from goosecreek.com in June 2026. The data taken includes purchases, names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 15 Jul 2026, 1 month later. It is the 167th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Goose Creek’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PurchasesShows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing.
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Physical addressesUsed to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.

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, Goose Creek among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Goose Creek.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. 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, 1 month 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. “Goose Creek”, Have I Been Pwned, added 15 Jul 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.