iMenu360 data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2022 breach of iMenu360. For every breach, see Breaches.
The iMenu360 data breach exposed 3,425,860 accounts from imenu360.com in August 2022. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and latitude and longitude pairs.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 17 Aug 2023, 12 months later. It is the 250th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
iMenu360’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. |
| 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. |
| Latitude and longitude pairs | 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, iMenu360 among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention iMenu360.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, 12 months 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:
- TAP Air Portugal, August 2022, 6.1 million accounts
- Explore Talent (July 2024), February 2022, 5.4 million accounts
- PayHere, March 2022, 1.6 million accounts
- Fanpass, April 2022, 112,251 accounts
- Luxottica, March 2021, 77 million accounts
- AT&T, August 2021, 49 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “iMenu360”, Have I Been Pwned, added 17 Aug 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- imenu360.com, iMenu360’s website