Hopamedia data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2020 breach of Hopamedia. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Hopamedia data breach exposed 23,835,870 accounts in August 2020. The data taken includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, geographic locations and telecommunications carrier.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 16 Dec 2024, 4 years later. It is the 77th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Hopamedia’s breach included 5 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. |
| Telecommunications carrier | 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, Hopamedia among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Hopamedia.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, 4 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:
- Lead Hunter, March 2020, 69 million accounts
- Straffic, February 2020, 49 million accounts
- bigbasket, October 2020, 25 million accounts
- Covve, February 2020, 23 million accounts
- ShopBack, September 2020, 21 million accounts
- Wishbone (2020), January 2020, 9.7 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Hopamedia”, Have I Been Pwned, added 16 Dec 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address