Misattributed Habib's Data
What Happened
In August 2021, an allegation was made that the Brazilian fast food company "Habib's" had suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data. Upon thorough investigation, parent company Gennius concluded that the information in the breach was not related to any databases that hold their customers' personal information and had been misattributed to Habib's. The corpus of data contained 3.5M unique email addresses along with IP addresses, names, phone numbers, dates of birth and links to social media profiles.
Compromised Data
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Breach Overview
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Affected Accounts:
3.5 million
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Breach Occurred:
August 2021
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Added to HIBP:
10 Mar 2024
Breach Classification
Some breaches may be flagged as "unverified". In these cases, whilst there is legitimate data within the alleged breach, it may not have been possible to establish legitimacy beyond reasonable doubt.
Unverified breaches are still included in the system because regardless of their legitimacy, they still contain personal information about individuals who want to understand their exposure on the web.
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If you haven't changed your Misattributed Habib's Data password since 2021, do so immediately.
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Check Other Accounts
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