ShellCodeX Breach Report
The Fly on the Wall Data Breach
theflyonthewall.com
Verified breach
Passwords exposed
Accounts exposed
84,011
Breach date
31 Dec 2017
Added to tracker
15 Jan 2018
Data classes
10
What happened
In December 2017, the stock market news website The Fly on the Wall suffered a data breach. The data in the breach included 84k unique email addresses as well as purchase histories and credit card data. Numerous attempts were made to contact The Fly on the Wall about the incident, however no responses were received.
Exposed data
Age groups
Credit cards
Email addresses
Genders
Names
Passwords
Phone numbers
Physical addresses
Purchases
Usernames
Recommended actions
- Change your The Fly on the Wall 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 The Fly on the Wall — 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.
Am I affected?
Check whether your email address appears in this breach.
Check on HIBP
