Travel Oklahoma data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the December 2020 breach of Travel Oklahoma. For every breach, see Breaches.
The Travel Oklahoma data breach exposed 637,279 accounts from travelok.com in December 2020. The data taken includes dates of birth, names, physical addresses and email addresses and 2 more kinds of data.[1]
Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 10 Mar 2021, 3 months later. It is the 459th largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
Travel Oklahoma’s breach included 6 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. |
| Age groups | Personal details that make scam messages more convincing. |
| Genders | 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, Travel Oklahoma among them, without showing the data.
- Distrust messages that mention Travel Oklahoma.Scammers use breach data to sound genuine. Don’t click links in emails or texts about the breach; go to the site yourself.
- 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, 3 months later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- bigbasket, October 2020, 25 million accounts
- Animal Jam, October 2020, 7.1 million accounts
- Dave, June 2020, 3 million accounts
- MMG Fusion, December 2020, 2.7 million accounts
- Drizly, July 2020, 2.5 million accounts
- NetGalley, December 2020, 1.4 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “Travel Oklahoma”, Have I Been Pwned, added 10 Mar 2021. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- travelok.com, Travel Oklahoma’s website