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Weee data breach

From Breaches, in the HARD wiki · Updated
This article is about the July 2022 breach of Weee. For every breach, see Breaches.

The Weee data breach exposed 1,117,405 accounts from sayweee.com in July 2022. The data taken includes purchases, names, email addresses, phone numbers and delivery instructions.[1]

Have I Been Pwned verified it and added it to its search on 8 Feb 2023, 7 months later. It is the 401st largest of the 618 breaches in HARD’s list.

What was exposed

Weee’s breach included 5 kinds of data. What each lets criminals do:

DataWhat it’s used for
PurchasesShows what you buy, which makes fake order and refund scams convincing.
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.
Delivery instructionsPersonal details that make scam messages more convincing.

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, Weee among them, without showing the data.
  2. Distrust messages that mention Weee.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, 7 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. “Weee”, Have I Been Pwned, added 8 Feb 2023. Breach data licensed CC BY 4.0.