Hopamedia data breach: 23.8M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2024-12-16
In 2024, data relating to an unknown service referred to as "Hopamedia" and dating back to 2020 appeared in a publicly exposed database. The data included almost 24M records of email address, name, phone number, the country of the individual and their telecommunications carrier. Exposed data: email addresses, geographic locations, names, phone numbers, telecommunications carrier. The breach dates from Aug 30, 2020; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Dec 16, 2024.
What to do
- If you had a Hopamedia 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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