Swvl Data Breach

What happened?

In June 2020, the Egyptian bus operator Swvl suffered a data breach which impacted over 4 million members of the service. The exposed data included names, email addresses, phone numbers, profile photos, partial credit card data (type and last 4 digits) and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes, all of which was subsequently shared extensively throughout online hacking communities. The data was provided to HIBP by breachbase.pw .

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is June 23, 2020. The record was added to the catalogue on July 31, 2020 and last updated there on July 31, 2020.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Email addresses
• Names
• Partial credit card data
• Passwords
• Phone numbers
• Profile photos

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 Swvl or used swvl.com around June 23, 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.