HauteLook Data Breach

What happened?

In mid-2018, the fashion shopping site HauteLook was among a raft of sites that were breached and their data then sold in early-2019 . The data included over 28 million unique email addresses alongside names, genders, dates of birth and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes. The data was provided to HIBP by dehashed.com .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is August 7, 2018. The record was added to the catalogue on March 21, 2019 and last updated there on March 21, 2019.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Geographic locations
• Names
• Passwords

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 HauteLook or used hautelook.com around August 7, 2018. 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.