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MaReads data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the June 2025 breach of MaReads. For every breach, see Breaches.

The MaReads data breach exposed 74,453 accounts from mareads.com in June 2025. The data taken includes usernames, dates of birth, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 15 Jul 2025, 1 month later. It is the 589th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

MaReads’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.
Dates of birthUsed to prove who you are to banks and phone companies.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.

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, MaReads among them, without showing the data.
  2. Turn on two-step sign-in.On MaReads (mareads.com) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
  3. Distrust messages that mention MaReads.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  4. 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.

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. “MaReads”, Have I Been Pwned, added 15 Jul 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.