ShellCodeX Breach Report
NIUS Data Breach
nius.de
Verified breach
Sensitive
Accounts exposed
6,090
Breach date
13 Jul 2025
Added to tracker
23 Aug 2026
Data classes
6
What happened
In July 2025, the German news service NIUS suffered a data breach which was subsequently leaked publicly. The data included 6k unique email addresses along with names, physical addresses and payment details for purchases including either IBANs or partial credit card data (masked card number, type and expiry).
Exposed data
Bank account numbers
Email addresses
Names
Partial credit card data
Physical addresses
Purchases
Recommended actions
- Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing NIUS — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
- Monitor your bank and card statements closely and consider requesting a card replacement.
- Exposed identity data raises identity-theft risk — consider credit monitoring or a credit freeze.
- 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