Bell (2014 breach) Data Breach

What happened

In February 2014, Bell Canada suffered a data breach via the hacker collective known as NullCrew. The breach included data from multiple locations within Bell and exposed email addresses, usernames, user preferences and a number of unencrypted passwords and credit card data from 40,000 records containing just over 20,000 unique email addresses and usernames.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Bell (2014 breach) password immediately, and update it anywhere you reused the same password.
• Enable two-factor authentication on the affected account and on your critical services (email, banking).
• Monitor your bank and card statements closely and consider requesting a card replacement.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.