Slickwraps data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the February 2020 breach of Slickwraps. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Slickwraps data breach exposed 857,611 accounts from slickwraps.com in February 2020. The data taken includes purchases, names, physical addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 22 Feb 2020, within a month. It is the 435th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Slickwraps’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Purchases | Shows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing. |
| Names | Makes scam messages personal enough to believe. |
| Physical addresses | Used to prove who you are, and for scam letters and parcels. |
| 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. |
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, Slickwraps among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Slickwraps.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, within a month.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Bonobos, August 2020, 2.8 million accounts
- Domino's India, March 2021, 23 million accounts
- Epik, September 2021, 15 million accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- ZAP-Hosting, November 2021, 746,682 accounts
- PayHere, March 2022, 1.6 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Slickwraps”, Have I Been Pwned, added 22 Feb 2020. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- slickwraps.com, Slickwraps’s website