Bookchor Data Breach

What happened?

In January 2021, the Indian book trading website Bookchor suffered a data breach that exposed half a million customer records . The exposed data included email and IP addresses, names, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The data was subsequently traded on a popular hacking forum.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is January 28, 2021. The record was added to the catalogue on July 3, 2022 and last updated there on July 3, 2022.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• IP addresses
• Names
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Social media profiles

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 Bookchor or used bookchor.com around January 28, 2021. 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.