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International Kiteboarding Organization data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the November 2025 breach of International Kiteboarding Organization. For every breach, see Breaches.

The International Kiteboarding Organization data breach exposed 340,349 accounts from ikointl.com in November 2025. The data taken includes usernames, names, email addresses and geographic locations.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 20 Nov 2025, within a month. It is the 511th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

International Kiteboarding Organization’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
UsernamesHalf of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts.
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Geographic locationsRoughly where you live.

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, International Kiteboarding Organization among them, without showing the data.
  2. Turn on two-step sign-in.On International Kiteboarding Organization (ikointl.com) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
  3. Distrust messages that mention International Kiteboarding Organization.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.

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:

See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “International Kiteboarding Organization”, Have I Been Pwned, added 20 Nov 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.