Paidwork data breach: 23.3M accounts exposed
Severity: high · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2026-07-19
In March 2026, hackers claimed they had obtained data from the gig economy platform Paidwork which they then listed for sale. Almost 11GB of data allegedly obtained from the platform was subsequently posted publicly in July and contained over 23M unique email addresses. The breach also included a broad range of other data relating to the operation of the platform including user profile data, banking information, payout history for workers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. Exposed data: bank account numbers, dates of birth, device information, education levels, email addresses, financial transactions, genders, ip addresses, names, passwords, personal interests, phone numbers, physical addresses, profile photos. The breach dates from Mar 29, 2026; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jul 19, 2026.
What to do
- If you had a Paidwork 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.
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