LuLu data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the July 2024 breach of LuLu. For every breach, see Breaches.
The LuLu data breach exposed 2,796,835 accounts from luluhypermarket.com in July 2024. The data taken includes passwords, purchases, names and physical addresses and 2 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 2 Aug 2024, 1 month later. It is the 270th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
LuLu’s breach included 6 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Purchases | Shows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing. |
| 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. |
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, LuLu among them, without showing the data.
- Change your LuLu password.If the account still exists, sign in at LuLu (luluhypermarket.com) and change it.
- 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.
- 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.
- Distrust messages that mention LuLu.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, 1 month later.
- : the entry was last updated.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Fanpass, April 2022, 112,251 accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- Bonobos, August 2020, 2.8 million accounts
- SUCCESS, March 2026, 253,510 accounts
- Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, December 2021, 5.5 million accounts
- Fashion Nexus, July 2018, 1.3 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- luluhypermarket.com, LuLu’s website