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Promofarma data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2019 breach of Promofarma. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Promofarma data breach exposed 1,277,761 accounts from promofarma.com in August 2019. The data taken includes names and email addresses.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 1 Nov 2020, 15 months later. It is the 380th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Promofarma’s breach included 2 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.

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, Promofarma among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Promofarma.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. Expect the data to resurface.Breach data is sold and combined with other leaks for years. Stay wary of messages that know a little too much about you.

Timeline

  • : the breach, as best it can be dated.
  • : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 15 months later.
  • : the entry was last updated.

Breaches often stay hidden for a long time. Until it came out, people in it had no reason to change anything.

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. “Promofarma”, Have I Been Pwned, added 1 Nov 2020. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.