Scentbird Data Breach

What happened?

In June 2020, the online fragrance service Scentbird suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of over 5.8 million customers. Personal information including names, email addresses, genders, dates of birth, passwords stored as bcrypt hashes and indicators of password strength were all exposed. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is June 22, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on July 30, 2020 and last updated there on July 30, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Dates of birth
• Email addresses
• Genders
• Names
• Password strengths
• 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 Scentbird or used scentbird.com around June 22, 2020. 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.