LimeLeads Data Breach

What happened?

In 2019, the now-defunct B2B marketing leads database service LimeLeads suffered a data breach due to an exposed, unsecured Elasticsearch server. The incident exposed tens of millions of records of largely corporate contact data containing 17.8M unique email addresses, along with phone numbers, employers, job titles and geographic locations including state, city and postcode.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is August 1, 2019. The record was added to the catalogue on September 22, 2026 and last updated there on September 22, 2026.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Employers
• Geographic locations
• Job titles
• Phone numbers

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 LimeLeads or used limeleads.com around August 1, 2019. 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.