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Oz Hair and Beauty data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2026 breach of Oz Hair and Beauty. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Oz Hair and Beauty data breach exposed 1,988,331 accounts from ozhairandbeauty.com in August 2026. The data taken includes purchases, names, email addresses, phone numbers and geographic locations.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 19 Aug 2026, within a month. It is the 316th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Oz Hair and Beauty’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PurchasesShows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing.
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
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.
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, Oz Hair and Beauty among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Oz Hair and Beauty.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. 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, 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. “Oz Hair and Beauty”, Have I Been Pwned, added 19 Aug 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.