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Pandabuy data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the March 2024 breach of Pandabuy. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Pandabuy data breach exposed 1,348,407 accounts from pandabuy.com in March 2024. The data taken includes names, physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers and IP addresses.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 1 Apr 2024, within a month. It is the 368th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Pandabuy’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
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.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.
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, Pandabuy among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Pandabuy.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. “Pandabuy”, Have I Been Pwned, added 1 Apr 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.