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QuestionPro data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the May 2022 breach of QuestionPro. For every breach, see Breaches.

The QuestionPro data breach exposed 22,229,637 accounts from questionpro.com in May 2022. The data taken includes email addresses, browser user agent details, IP addresses and survey results.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 5 Aug 2022, 2 months later. It is the 87th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

QuestionPro’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Browser user agent detailsPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.
IP addressesRoughly where you were when you used the service.
Survey resultsPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.

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, QuestionPro among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention QuestionPro.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, 2 months later.

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. “QuestionPro”, Have I Been Pwned, added 5 Aug 2022. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.