Guntrader data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the July 2021 breach of Guntrader. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Guntrader data breach exposed 112,031 accounts from guntrader.uk in July 2021. The data taken includes passwords, names, physical addresses and email addresses and 5 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 21 Jul 2021, within a month. It is the 570th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Guntrader’s breach included 9 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Physical addresses | Used to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels. |
| 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. |
| Browser user agent details | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Geographic locations | Roughly where you live. |
| IP addresses | Roughly where you were when you used the service. |
| Salutations | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
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, Guntrader among them, without showing the data.
- Change your Guntrader password.If the account still exists, sign in at Guntrader (guntrader.uk) and change it.
- Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
- Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
- Distrust messages that mention Guntrader.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:
- Ducks Unlimited, January 2021, 1.3 million accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- bigbasket, October 2020, 25 million accounts
- 123RF, March 2020, 8.7 million accounts
- Minted, May 2020, 4.4 million accounts
- DriveSure, December 2020, 3.7 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Guntrader”, Have I Been Pwned, added 21 Jul 2021. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- guntrader.uk, Guntrader’s website