StockX data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the July 2019 breach of StockX. For every breach, see Breaches.
The StockX data breach exposed 6,840,339 accounts from stockx.com in July 2019. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, purchases and names and 2 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 10 Aug 2019, within a month. It is the 161st largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
StockX’s breach included 6 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Passwords | Criminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them. |
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| 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. |
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, StockX among them, without showing the data.
- Change your StockX password.If the account still exists, sign in at StockX (stockx.com) and change it.
- Change it anywhere you used the same one.Start with your email, then banking and shopping. Leaked passwords are tried on other sites automatically, within days.
- Use a password manager and two-step sign-in.A different password for every site means one breach can’t open the rest. Two-step sign-in stops a leaked password working on its own.
- Distrust messages that mention StockX.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, within a month.
- : the entry was last updated.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- ClickASnap, September 2022, 3.3 million accounts
- Vodafone, November 2013, 56,021 accounts
- Chegg, April 2018, 40 million accounts
- 123RF, March 2020, 8.7 million accounts
- Animal Jam, October 2020, 7.1 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- stockx.com, StockX’s website