Covve Data Breach

What happened?

In February 2020, a massive trove of personal information referred to as "db8151dd" was provided to HIBP after being found left exposed on a publicly facing Elasticsearch server. Later identified as originating from the Covve contacts app, the exposed data included extensive personal information and interactions between Covve users and their contacts. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is February 20, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on May 15, 2020 and last updated there on May 19, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Job titles
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• 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 Covve or used covve.com around February 20, 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.