Epik Data Breach

What happened?

In September 2021, the domain registrar and web host Epik suffered a significant data breach , allegedly in retaliation for hosting alt-right websites. The breach exposed a huge volume of data not just of Epik customers, but also scraped WHOIS records belonging to individuals and organisations who were not Epik customers. The data included over 15 million unique email addresses (including anonymised versions for domain privacy), names, phone numbers, physical addresses, purchases and passwords stored in various formats.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is September 13, 2021. The record was added to the catalogue on September 19, 2021 and last updated there on September 19, 2021.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Purchases

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 Epik or used epik.com around September 13, 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.