ShellCodeX Breach Report
Mastercard Priceless Specials Data Breach
specials.mastercard.de
Verified breach
Accounts exposed
89,388
Breach date
20 Aug 2019
Added to tracker
01 Sep 2019
Data classes
6
What happened
In August 2019, the German Mastercard bonus program "Priceless Specials" suffered a data breach. Personal data on almost 90k program members was subsequently extensively circulated online and included names, email and IP addresses, phone numbers and partial credit card data. Following the incident, the program was subsequently suspended.
Exposed data
Email addresses
IP addresses
Names
Partial credit card data
Phone numbers
Salutations
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Mastercard Priceless Specials — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Monitor your bank and card statements closely and consider requesting a card replacement.
- Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
- Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
