Thermomix Recipe World Forum data breach: 3.1M accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2025-02-06
In January 2025, the Rezeptwelt (German for "recipe world") forum for Thermomix owners suffered a data breach. The incident exposed 3.1M registered users' details including names, email and physical addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and bios (usually cooking related). Exposed data: bios, dates of birth, email addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, usernames. The breach dates from Jan 30, 2025; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Feb 6, 2025.
What to do
- If you had a Thermomix Recipe World Forum 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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