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Paidwork data breach23.3M accounts compromised on 2026-03-29
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Paidwork (paidwork.com) was the source of a data breach dated 2026-03-29, exposing 23,272,765 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 | Paidwork |
|---|---|
| Source Name | Paidwork |
| Domain | paidwork.com |
| Breach Date | 2026-03-29 |
| Added to HIBP | 2026-07-19 |
| Accounts Compromised | 23,272,765(23.3M) |
| Data Exposed | Bank account numbersDates of birthDevice informationEducation levelsEmail addressesFinancial transactionsGendersIP addressesNamesPasswordsPersonal interestsPhone numbersPhysical addressesProfile photos |
| Status | Verified by HIBP |
Description
In March 2026, hackers claimed they had obtained data from the gig economy platform Paidwork which they then listed for sale. Almost 11GB of data allegedly obtained from the platform was subsequently posted publicly in July and contained over 23M unique email addresses. The breach also included a broad range of other data relating to the operation of the platform including user profile data, banking information, payout history for workers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
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