Hacking Team data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the July 2015 breach of Hacking Team. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Hacking Team data breach exposed 32,310 accounts from hackingteam.com in July 2015. The data taken includes email addresses and email messages.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 12 Jul 2015, within a month. It is the 603rd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Hacking Team’s breach included 2 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
| Email messages | Private, and now in someone else’s hands. |
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, Hacking Team among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Hacking Team.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- Expect the data to resurface.Breach data is sold and combined with other leaks for years. Stay wary of messages that know a little too much about you.
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:
- WHMCS, May 2012, 134,047 accounts
- KnownCircle, April 2016, 2 million accounts
- R2Games, November 2015, 22 million accounts
- ClearVoice Surveys, August 2015, 15 million accounts
- 000webhost, March 2015, 15 million accounts
- xat, November 2015, 6 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Hacking Team”, Have I Been Pwned, added 12 Jul 2015. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- hackingteam.com, Hacking Team’s website