Factual

What Happened

In March 2017, a file containing 8M rows of data allegedly sourced from data aggregator Factual was compiled and later exchanged on the premise it was a "breach". The data contained 2.5M unique email addresses alongside business names, addresses and phone numbers. After consultation with Factual, they advised the data was "publicly available information about businesses and other points of interest that Factual makes available on its website and to customers".

Compromised Data

Email addresses
Employers
Phone numbers
Physical addresses

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Breach Overview

  • Affected Accounts:

    2.5 million

  • Breach Occurred:

    March 2017

  • Added to HIBP:

    24 Dec 2019

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