Cultura data breach: 1.5M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2025-09-25
In September 2024, French retailer Cultura was the victim of a cyber attack they attributed to an external IT service provider. The resultant data breach included almost 1.5M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, physical addresses and orders. Cultura advised that all affected customers had been notified about the incident. Exposed data: email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases. The breach dates from Sep 6, 2024; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Sep 25, 2025.
What to do
- If you had a Cultura account, change its password and the password of any other account that reused it.
- Turn on multi-factor authentication wherever it is offered.
- Check whether your addresses are in this breach at https://haveibeenpwned.com.
- Expect targeted phishing that quotes the leaked details; verify any unexpected contact out of band.
Sources
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