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Chowbus Data Breach

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Breach date: October 5, 2020444,224 affected accounts in the record
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What happened?

In October 2020, the Asian food delivery app Chowbus suffered a data breach which led to over 800,000 records being emailed to customers . The email contained a link to a CSV file with customer data including physical addresses, names, phone numbers and over 444,000 unique email addresses.

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When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is October 5, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on October 6, 2020 and last updated there on October 6, 2020.

03

What information was reported as exposed?

  • Email addresses
  • Names
  • Phone numbers
  • Physical addresses

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

04

Who may be affected?

This record may be relevant to people who had an account or other relationship with Chowbus or used chowbus.com around October 5, 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.

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What should you do?

Verify whether the notice applies to you

Compare the organization, dates, and information categories with any notice you received. Use contact details you independently confirm.

Protect identity information

Review your credit reports and consider a free credit freeze if identity information could support new-account fraud.

Expect targeted phishing

Treat unexpected breach follow-ups with caution. Do not use links or phone numbers in a suspicious message; contact the organization directly.

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.

Sources and review information

Page reviewed September 14, 2026 by the Data Breach Help Editorial Team. Catalogue details reflect the provider record and may change.