Phoenix Data Breach

What happened

In mid-2021, the "vintage messaging reborn" service Phoenix suffered a data breach that exposed 75k unique email addresses. The breach also exposed IP addresses, usernames and passwords.

Exposed data

Recommended actions

• Change your Phoenix 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).
• Watch for targeted phishing emails referencing Phoenix — attackers weaponise breach data quickly.
• Check whether your email address appears in this breach on haveibeenpwned.com.