Misattributed Habib's Data Data Breach

What happened?

In August 2021, an allegation was made that the Brazilian fast food company "Habib's" had suffered a data breach that was later redistributed as part of a larger corpus of data . Upon thorough investigation, parent company Gennius concluded that the information in the breach was not related to any databases that hold their customers' personal information and had been misattributed to Habib's. The corpus of data contained 3.5M unique email addresses along with IP addresses, names, phone numbers, dates of birth and links to social media profiles.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is August 5, 2021. The record was added to the catalogue on March 10, 2024 and last updated there on May 25, 2024.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Names
• 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 Misattributed Habib's Data or used habibs.com.br around August 5, 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.