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Le Coq Sportif Columbia data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the May 2023 breach of Le Coq Sportif Columbia. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Le Coq Sportif Columbia data breach exposed 79,712 accounts from lecoqsportif.com.co in May 2023. The data taken includes passwords, purchases, dates of birth and names and 5 more kinds of data.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 16 Jan 2025, 21 months later. It is the 587th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Le Coq Sportif Columbia’s breach included 9 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PasswordsCriminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them.
PurchasesShows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing.
Dates of birthUsed to prove who you are to banks and phone companies.
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Physical addressesUsed to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Device informationPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.
GendersPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.
IP addressesRoughly where you were when you used the service.

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, Le Coq Sportif Columbia among them, without showing the data.
  2. Change your Le Coq Sportif Columbia password.If the account still exists, sign in at Le Coq Sportif Columbia (lecoqsportif.com.co) and change it.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Distrust messages that mention Le Coq Sportif Columbia.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  6. Freeze your credit.In the US, free at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. In Australia, ask Equifax, Experian and illion for a ban. No one can open credit in your name while it’s on.

Timeline

  • : the breach, as best it can be dated.
  • : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 21 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:

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

References

  1. ^ Troy Hunt. “Le Coq Sportif Columbia”, Have I Been Pwned, added 16 Jan 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.