Aptoide Data Breach

What happened?

In April 2020, the independent Android app store Aptoide suffered a data breach . The incident resulted in the exposure of 20M customer records which were subsequently shared online via a popular hacking forum. Impacted data included email and IP addresses, names, IP addresses and passwords stored as SHA-1 hashes without a salt.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is April 13, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on April 19, 2020 and last updated there on April 19, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Browser user agent details
• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords

These are incident-level categories. The record does not prove that every category was exposed for every affected person.

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Aptoide or used aptoide.com around April 13, 2020. A catalogue entry does not establish that every customer was affected or that every listed data category applied to each person. Compare the record with an official notice addressed to you.

What should you do?

Choose actions that match the information involved. If you find signs that someone is using your identity, the Federal Trade Commission provides a personal recovery plan at IdentityTheft.gov.