Breach Database / SurveyLama
Yes — SurveyLama was breached.
- 4.4 million accounts affected
- Breach occurred 2024-02-01 · surveylama.com
- Verified entry in the Have I Been Pwned catalog
What happened
In February 2024, the paid survey website SurveyLama suffered a data breach that exposed 4.4M customer email addresses. The incident also exposed names, physical and IP addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth and passwords stored as either salted SHA-1, bcrypt or argon2 hashes. When contacted about the incident, SurveyLama advised that they had already "notified the users by email".
What data was exposed
- Dates of birth
- Email addresses
- IP addresses
- Names
- Passwords
- Phone numbers
- Physical addresses
What to do right now
- Change your password for this service now. And change it anywhere you reused the same password — attackers try leaked passwords on other sites within hours ("credential stuffing").
- Turn on two-factor authentication. Even a leaked password is useless against an account protected by a second factor. Prefer an authenticator app over SMS.
- Be alert for smishing and SIM-swap attempts. Treat unexpected texts and "carrier" calls with suspicion; add a PIN/port-freeze with your mobile carrier.
- Watch for targeted phishing mail. A leaked home address makes postal and doorstep scams more convincing.
- Expect convincing phishing emails. Attackers use breached details to write personalized emails. Be suspicious of any message referencing this service.
- Check your other accounts on Have I Been Pwned. Your email address may appear in other breaches you don't know about yet.
- Monitor the apps you use going forward. Clearly watches the breach record for the companies behind your apps and alerts you the moment one appears.
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