Neteller data breach
In May 2010, Neteller suffered a data breach that exposed account balances, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions and answers, and website activity. The breach affected 3,619,948 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
- May 17, 2010
- Added to this tracker
- November 30, 2015
- Accounts affected
- 3,619,948
- Company domain
- neteller.com
- Data exposed
- Account balances, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions and answers, and website activity
Was my information in the Neteller breach?
We cannot tell you that from this page. If you had an account with Neteller before May 2010, 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 Neteller breach, the exposed data was account balances, dates of birth, email addresses, genders, ip addresses, names, phone numbers, physical addresses, security questions and answers, and website activity.
What should I do now?
- Change your password at Neteller 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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