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title: "Data breach at Public Business Data"
description: "In August 2021, Public Business Data suffered a data breach. 28 million accounts were affected. The exposed data includes dates of birth, email addresses, employment data, names, phone numbers and postal addresses."
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author: "Sébastien Soulier"
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language: en
datePublished: 2023-10-09
dateModified: 2023-10-09
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# Public Business Data

Data breach — High

In August 2021, Public Business Data suffered a data breach. 28 million accounts were affected. The exposed data includes dates of birth, email addresses, employment data, names, phone numbers and postal addresses.

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Disclosed on | October 9, 2023 |
| Incident dated | August 19, 2021 |
| Accounts affected | 28M |
| Sector | Media and leisure |
| Country | International or undetermined |
| Cause | Undisclosed |
| Severity | High |
| Status | Confirmed |

## Exposed data

- Date of birth
- Email address
- Employment data
- Full name
- Phone number
- Postal address

## What you can do

- Expect phishing attempts quoting your name and this company. A message that knows your details is not legitimate for that reason.
- You can ask the organisation exactly what was exposed about you (right of access), and complain to the DPA if no answer comes within a month.

## Sources

- [Have I Been Pwned — Public Business Data](https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/BVD) — Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

_Entry built from Have I Been Pwned’s structured data, with no model rewriting._

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