Public Business Data data breach
In August 2021, Public Business Data suffered a data breach that exposed dates of birth, email addresses, job titles, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses. The breach affected 27,917,714 accounts. If you had an account there, change your password there, never reuse it anywhere else, and check your email address with the free scan.
- Breach date
- August 19, 2021
- Added to this tracker
- October 9, 2023
- Accounts affected
- 27,917,714
- Company domain
- bvdinfo.com
- Data exposed
- Dates of birth, email addresses, job titles, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses
Was my information in the Public Business Data breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Public Business Data before August 2021, your information may have been included. The free Ghost Delete scan checks your email address against known data breaches, so run it to see whether your address shows up.
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What data was exposed?
In the Public Business Data breach, the exposed data was dates of birth, email addresses, job titles, names, phone numbers, and physical addresses.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Public Business Data right away, and anywhere else you reused it.
- Never reuse passwords: give every account a unique password.
- Watch for phishing emails and messages that use the exposed data to look convincing, and go to the site directly instead of clicking links.
- Run the free breach scan to check your email address against other breaches.
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