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Autotrader data breach (2023)

In January 2023, 1.4M records from the Autotrader online vehicle marketplace appeared on a popular hacking forum. Autotrader stated that the "data in question relates to aged listing data that was generally publicly available on our site at the time and open to automated collection methods".

Victim
Autotrader
records
20.0K
SectorRetail

Imported from Have I Been Pwned — pending editorial review and translation to French. The summary below is machine-extracted; consult the source for details.

In 2023-01-06, Autotrader was affected by a data breach. Approximately 20,032 accounts were exposed. In January 2023, 1.4M records from the Autotrader online vehicle marketplace appeared on a popular hacking forum. Autotrader stated that the "data in question relates to aged listing data that was generally publicly available on our site at the time and open to automated collection methods".

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  1. haveibeenpwned.comhttps://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Autotrader
  2. autotrader.comhttps://autotrader.com

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