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Neteller Data Breach

neteller.com
Significant exposure
Verified breach
Accounts exposed 3,619,948
Breach date 17 May 2010
Added to tracker 30 Nov 2015
Data classes 10

What happened

In May 2010, the e-wallet service known as Neteller suffered a data breach which exposed over 3.6M customers. The breach was not discovered until October 2015 and included names, email addresses, home addresses and account balances.

Exposed data

Account balances Dates of birth Email addresses Genders IP addresses Names Phone numbers Physical addresses Security questions and answers Website activity

Recommended actions

  • Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Neteller โ€” attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
  • Stay alert for smishing (SMS phishing) and SIM-swap attempts using your phone number.
  • Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk โ€” consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
  • Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.
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