Storenvy data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the April 2019 breach of Storenvy. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Storenvy data breach exposed 11,052,071 accounts from storenvy.com in April 2019. The data taken includes passwords, usernames, dates of birth and email addresses and 3 more kinds of data.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 16 Feb 2025, 6 years later. It is the 126th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Storenvy’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PasswordsCriminals try leaked passwords on email, banking and shopping sites, because people reuse them.
UsernamesHalf of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts.
Dates of birthUsed to prove who you are to banks and phone companies.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
GendersPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.
Geographic locationsRoughly where you live.
IP addressesRoughly where you were when you used the service.

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, Storenvy among them, without showing the data.
  2. Change your Storenvy password.If the account still exists, sign in at Storenvy (storenvy.com) and change it.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Distrust messages that mention Storenvy.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, 6 years later.

Breaches often stay hidden for a long time. Until it came out, people in it had no reason to change anything.

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. “Storenvy”, Have I Been Pwned, added 16 Feb 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.