2023 Data Breaches - The Worst Breaches of the Year

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Everyone is at risk of falling victim to a data breach, and the threat isn’t going anywhere. We are here to keep you up-to-date on the data breaches of 2023 that could harm your digital safety and security.

Note: This post will be continuously updated with new information as additional 2023 data breaches are reported. Breaches appear in descending order, with the most recent appearing at the bottom of the page.

T-Mobile

January 19, 2023: U.S.-based wireless carrier, T-Mobile, experienced a data breach that affected 37 million of their customers. Data such as name, email, billing address, phone number and date of birth were exposed. T-Mobile has clarified that no other sensitive data, such as financial information, was exposed in the breach.

Breach Risk Score: 3

SOURCE | United States Securities and Exchange Commission

PeopleConnect, Inc

January 19, 2023: Background check service, People Connect, experienced a data breach that potentially exposed the data of 20.2 million people. A representative confirmed that a company data base file from 2019 was released and leaked information including first and last name, emails, phone numbers and hashed passwords.

Breach Risk Score: 2

SOURCE | Bleeping Computer

Wee! Inc

February 1, 2023: Wee! Grocery is the leading delivery service for Hispanic and Asian foods in North America. The company confirmed over 1.1 million customers have had their information exposed in a recent data breach. Breached information includes first and last names, email addresses, phone numbers, device types and order information, but no personal payment information or methods were released.

Breach Risk Score: 2

SOURCE | Tech Radar

Celebral, Inc.

March 1, 2023: Healthcare service, Celebral, which specializes in telehealth mental health services has notified 3.18 million patients of a data breach that occurred via pixel trackers in October of 2019. Sensitive leaked information includes names, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, IP addresses, Celebral client numbers, demographic information, self-assessment responses, health information, treatment details, health insurance and pharmacy or benefit information.

Breach Risk Score: 4

SOURCE | Bleeping Computer

Zoll Medical Corporation

March 10, 2023: Zoll Medical Corporation has notified one million consumers of a data breach that occurred via an unauthorized third party accessing their database. Exposed information includes names, addresses, date of birth and Social Security numbers.