WeLeakInfo Data Breach

What happened?

In March 2021, the Stripe account of the now-defunct WeLeakInfo service was taken over by "pompompurin" after acquiring an expired domain name with an email address used to manage the account. Access to Stripe then exposed almost 12k unique email addresses from customers who'd made credit card payments in order to obtain breached data hosted by WeLeakInfo. The data was subsequently leaked publicly and also included names, payment histories, IP addresses, billing addresses, partial credit card data and the organisation making the purchase.

When did it happen?

The breach date in the public record is March 8, 2021. The record was added to the catalogue on March 15, 2021 and last updated there on May 3, 2021.

What information was reported as exposed?

• Browser user agent details
• Email addresses
• Employers
• IP addresses
• Names
• Partial credit card data
• Physical addresses
• Purchases

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 WeLeakInfo or used weleakinfo.com around March 8, 2021. 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.