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Public Business Data data breach27.9M accounts compromised on 2021-08-19
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Public Business Data (bvdinfo.com) was the source of a data breach dated 2021-08-19, exposing 27,917,714 accounts. The details below are mirrored from Have I Been Pwned and reflect the source's account of the incident at the time of publication.
Incident Report
| Target Organization | Public Business Data |
|---|---|
| Source Name | BVD |
| Domain | bvdinfo.com |
| Breach Date | 2021-08-19 |
| Added to HIBP | 2023-10-09 |
| Last Modified | 2023-12-06 |
| Accounts Compromised | 27,917,714(27.9M) |
| Data Exposed | Dates of birthEmail addressesJob titlesNamesPhone numbersPhysical addresses |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
In approximately August 2021, hundreds of gigabytes of business data collated from public sources was obtained and later published to a popular hacking forum. Sourced from a customer of Bureau van Dijk's (BvD) "Orbis" product, the corpus of data released contained hundreds of millions of lines about corporations and individuals, including personal information such as names and dates of birth. The data also included 28M unique email addresses along with physical addresses (presumedly corporate locations), phone numbers and job titles. There was no unauthorised access to BvD's systems, nor did the incident expose any of their or parent company's Moody's clients.
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