TAP Air Portugal data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the August 2022 breach of TAP Air Portugal. For every breach, see Breaches.
The TAP Air Portugal data breach exposed 6,083,479 accounts from flytap.com in August 2022. The data taken includes dates of birth, names, physical addresses and email addresses and 5 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 23 Sep 2022, 1 month later. It is the 175th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
TAP Air Portugal’s breach included 9 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Genders | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Nationalities | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Salutations | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Spoken languages | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
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, TAP Air Portugal among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention TAP Air Portugal.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, 1 month later.
- : the entry was last updated.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Luxottica, March 2021, 77 million accounts
- AT&T, August 2021, 49 million accounts
- Angel One, April 2023, 6.8 million accounts
- Ticketcounter, February 2021, 1.9 million accounts
- Ducks Unlimited, January 2021, 1.3 million accounts
- Dymocks, June 2023, 836,120 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “TAP Air Portugal”, Have I Been Pwned, added 23 Sep 2022. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- flytap.com, TAP Air Portugal’s website