Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the October 2019 breach of Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer data breach exposed 622,161,052 accounts in October 2019. The data taken includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and social media profiles and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 22 Nov 2019, 1 month later. It is the 3rd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Social media profiles | A way to reach you with scams. |
| Employers | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Geographic locations | Roughly where you live. |
| Job titles | 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, Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer.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:
- ixigo, January 2019, 17 million accounts
- EatStreet, May 2019, 6.4 million accounts
- Apollo, July 2018, 126 million accounts
- Covve, February 2020, 23 million accounts
- Wishbone (2020), January 2020, 9.7 million accounts
- Adapt, November 2018, 9.4 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Data Enrichment Exposure From PDL Customer”, Have I Been Pwned, added 22 Nov 2019. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address