ParkMobile data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the March 2021 breach of ParkMobile. For every breach, see Breaches.
The ParkMobile data breach exposed 20,949,825 accounts from parkmobile.io in March 2021. The data taken includes passwords, names, email addresses, phone numbers and licence plates.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 30 Apr 2021, 1 month later. It is the 88th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
ParkMobile’s breach included 5 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. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| 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. |
| Licence plates | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
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, ParkMobile among them, without showing the data.
- Change your ParkMobile password.If the account still exists, sign in at ParkMobile (parkmobile.io) 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 ParkMobile.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.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Gemplex, February 2021, 4.6 million accounts
- FlexBooker, December 2021, 3.8 million accounts
- Ducks Unlimited, January 2021, 1.3 million accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- Liker, March 2021, 465,141 accounts
- Guntrader, July 2021, 112,031 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “ParkMobile”, Have I Been Pwned, added 30 Apr 2021. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- parkmobile.io, ParkMobile’s website