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SevenRooms data breach

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

The SevenRooms data breach exposed 1,205,385 accounts from sevenrooms.com in December 2022. The data taken includes purchases, names and email addresses.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 24 Aug 2023, 8 months later. It is the 390th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

SevenRooms’s breach included 3 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PurchasesShows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing.
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, SevenRooms among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention SevenRooms.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, 8 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. “SevenRooms”, Have I Been Pwned, added 24 Aug 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.