Provecho data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2026 breach of Provecho. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Provecho data breach exposed 712,904 accounts from provecho.bio in January 2026. The data taken includes usernames and email addresses.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 3 Mar 2026, 1 month later. It is the 452nd largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Provecho’s breach included 2 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| Email addresses | Expect scam emails that name the company to look genuine. |
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, Provecho among them, without showing the data.
- Turn on two-step sign-in.On Provecho (provecho.bio) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
- Distrust messages that mention Provecho.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
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:
- Instagram, January 2026, 6.2 million accounts
- Chess.com (2026), August 2026, 4.7 million accounts
- Sysco, June 2026, 2.7 million accounts
- JCPenney, June 2026, 368,418 accounts
- SoundCloud, December 2025, 30 million accounts
- Adpost, February 2025, 3.3 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Provecho”, Have I Been Pwned, added 3 Mar 2026. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- provecho.bio, Provecho’s website