Paddy Power Data Breach

What happened?

In October 2010, the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power suffered a data breach that exposed 750,000 customer records with nearly 600,000 unique email addresses. The breach was not disclosed until July 2014 and contained extensive personal information including names, addresses, phone numbers and plain text security questions and answers.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is October 25, 2010. The record was added to the catalogue on October 11, 2015 and last updated there on October 11, 2015.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Account balances
• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• IP addresses
• Names
• Phone numbers
• Physical addresses
• Security questions and answers
• Usernames
• Website activity

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 Paddy Power or used paddypower.com around October 25, 2010. 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.