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TheSqua.re data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the June 2025 breach of TheSqua.re. For every breach, see Breaches.

The TheSqua.re data breach exposed 107,041 accounts from thesqua.re in June 2025. The data taken includes names, email addresses, phone numbers and geographic locations.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 27 Aug 2025, 2 months later. It is the 575th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

TheSqua.re’s breach included 4 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
NamesMakes scam messages personal enough to believe.
Email addressesExpect scam emails that name the company to look genuine.
Phone numbersExpect scam texts and calls, and a higher risk of someone moving your number to their SIM.
Geographic locationsRoughly where you live.

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, TheSqua.re among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention TheSqua.re.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
  3. 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, 2 months later.

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. “TheSqua.re”, Have I Been Pwned, added 27 Aug 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.