Bhinneka Data Breach

What happened?

In early 2020, the Indonesian consumer electronics website Bhinneka suffered a data breach that exposed almost 1.3M customer records . The data included email and physical addresses, names, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers and salted password hashes.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is January 27, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on October 6, 2022 and last updated there on October 6, 2022.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses

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 Bhinneka or used bhinneka.com around January 27, 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.