Thermomix Recipe World Forum data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2025 breach of Thermomix Recipe World Forum. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Thermomix Recipe World Forum data breach exposed 3,123,439 accounts from rezeptwelt.de in January 2025. The data taken includes usernames, 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 6 Feb 2025, within a month. It is the 259th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Thermomix Recipe World Forum’s breach included 7 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:
| Data | What it’s used for |
|---|---|
| Usernames | Half of a login. With a reused password, it opens other accounts. |
| 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. |
| Bios | 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, Thermomix Recipe World Forum among them, without showing the data.
- Turn on two-step sign-in.On Thermomix Recipe World Forum (rezeptwelt.de) and your email, so leaked sign-in details aren’t enough on their own.
- Distrust messages that mention Thermomix Recipe World Forum.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, within a month.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- JCPenney, June 2026, 368,418 accounts
- University of Nottingham, June 2026, 454,635 accounts
- NetGalley, December 2020, 1.4 million accounts
- TrueFire, February 2020, 599,667 accounts
- Estante Virtual, February 2019, 5.4 million accounts
- Hakko Corporation, March 2019, 9,665 accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Thermomix Recipe World Forum”, Have I Been Pwned, added 6 Feb 2025. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- rezeptwelt.de, Thermomix Recipe World Forum’s website