SurveyLama data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the February 2024 breach of SurveyLama. For every breach, see Breaches.
The SurveyLama data breach exposed 4,426,879 accounts from surveylama.com in February 2024. The data taken includes passwords, dates of birth, names and physical addresses and 3 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 2 Apr 2024, 2 months later. It is the 216th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
SurveyLama’s breach included 7 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. |
| Dates of birth | Used to prove who you are to banks and phone companies. |
| 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. |
| IP addresses | Roughly where you were when you used the service. |
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, SurveyLama among them, without showing the data.
- Change your SurveyLama password.If the account still exists, sign in at SurveyLama (surveylama.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 SurveyLama.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.
- Freeze your credit.In the US, free at Equifax, Experian and TransUnion. In Australia, ask Equifax, Experian and illion for a ban. No one can open credit in your name while it’s on.
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:
- Tangerine, February 2024, 243,462 accounts
- Canadian Tire, October 2025, 38 million accounts
- Ducks Unlimited, January 2021, 1.3 million accounts
- bigbasket, October 2020, 25 million accounts
- Dave, June 2020, 3 million accounts
- MMG Fusion, December 2020, 2.7 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “SurveyLama”, Have I Been Pwned, added 2 Apr 2024. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- surveylama.com, SurveyLama’s website