WedMeGood data breach
From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the January 2021 breach of WedMeGood. For every breach, see Breaches.
The WedMeGood data breach exposed 1,306,723 accounts from wedmegood.com in January 2021. The data taken includes passwords, 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 13 May 2021, 4 months later. It is the 371st largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.
What was exposed
WedMeGood’s breach included 6 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. |
| 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. |
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, WedMeGood among them, without showing the data.
- Change your WedMeGood password.If the account still exists, sign in at WedMeGood (wedmegood.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 WedMeGood.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.
Timeline
- : the breach, as best it can be dated.
- : Have I Been Pwned verifies the data and adds it to its search, 4 months later.
Similar breaches
Breaches that leaked the same kinds of data, closest in time:
- Ducks Unlimited, January 2021, 1.3 million accounts
- Imavex, August 2021, 878,209 accounts
- Guntrader, July 2021, 112,031 accounts
- bigbasket, October 2020, 25 million accounts
- 123RF, March 2020, 8.7 million accounts
- Minted, May 2020, 4.4 million accounts
See Breaches for all 618, and Updates for keeping your devices patched.
References
- ^ Troy Hunt. “WedMeGood”, Have I Been Pwned, added 13 May 2021. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.
External links
- Have I Been Pwned, to check your email address
- wedmegood.com, WedMeGood’s website