Welhof data breach: 107K accounts exposed
Severity: medium · Patch status: no-fix-needed · Since 2025-01-22
In late 2023, the Dutch appliance store Welhof suffered a data breach. The incident exposed over 100k unique email addresses along with names, physical addresses and the value of purchases made. Exposed data: email addresses, names, physical addresses, purchases. The breach dates from Dec 1, 2023; Have I Been Pwned loaded it on Jan 22, 2025.
What to do
- If you had a Welhof 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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