Data Enrichment Records data breach
In December 2016, Data Enrichment Records suffered a data breach that exposed buying preferences, charitable donations, credit status information, dates of birth, email addresses, family structure, financial investments, home ownership statuses, income levels, job titles, marital statuses, names, net worths, phone numbers, physical addresses, and political donations. The breach affected 8,176,132 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. This breach is flagged as unverified, which means the exposed data has not been fully confirmed.
- Breach date
- December 23, 2016
- Added to this tracker
- June 8, 2017
- Accounts affected
- 8,176,132
- Data exposed
- Buying preferences, charitable donations, credit status information, dates of birth, email addresses, family structure, financial investments, home ownership statuses, income levels, job titles, marital statuses, names, net worths, phone numbers, physical addresses, and political donations
- Status
- Unverified
Was my information in the Data Enrichment Records breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Data Enrichment Records before December 2016, 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 Data Enrichment Records breach, the exposed data was buying preferences, charitable donations, credit status information, dates of birth, email addresses, family structure, financial investments, home ownership statuses, income levels, job titles, marital statuses, names, net worths, phone numbers, physical addresses, and political donations.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Data Enrichment Records 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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