SuperVPN & GeckoVPN 2021 Data Breach
Platform · Virtual private network and privacy tools · VPN provider · Global
SuperVPN & GeckoVPN Free VPN Services Breach (2021): 20 Million User Records Including Device IDs & Login History Exposed
Free VPN services (SuperVPN and GeckoVPN) - multiple services breached together.
Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
19/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Lower: limited current risk based on data value and recency.
Data Sensitivity i
StandardExposed data is largely lower-sensitivity. Standard identity-protection precautions are advised.
20.3MRecords
2021Year
The Breach Risk Index (BRI) is a proprietary 0–100 score rating how dangerous a breach is right now, based on how recently the data has been circulating on the dark web and how valuable it is to attackers.
Crucial data exposed
Login HistoryNotable
Breach Summary
In February 2021, the free VPN apps SuperVPN and GeckoVPN were breached, exposing over 20 million user records. The threat actor said the data came from publicly accessible databases left vulnerable by default credentials. Exposed data included email addresses, country of login, login timestamps, device make/model, device serial numbers, and IMSI numbers. Reporting noted the broader for-sale set also included hashed passwords and names.
Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.
10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine
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20.3M records analyzed
About SuperVPN & GeckoVPN
SuperVPN and GeckoVPN are free Android VPN applications marketed to provide private, secure internet access to large mobile user bases.
Why They Hold Your Data
VPN providers collect account data, billing records, subscription histories, device-linked access metadata, and support interactions tied to privacy and security services.
Recent Developments
The exposed data was offered for sale on hacker forums and later leaked for free on Telegram in 2022. Reporting attributed the exposure to default database credentials left in place.
Data Points Exposed
6 verified field types
Device Information
Device Serial Number
Email Address
Geographic location
Imsi
Login History Notable
Breach Impact
Device identifiers (serial, IMSI) plus login history and country are especially sensitive for a privacy product, enabling device tracking and undermining the anonymity VPN users expect.
Exploitation & Downstream Threats
• Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses | • Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Principal Risk Advisory
What this means for a principal
A consumer-service breach: contact and account data supports phishing, account takeover and profile enrichment. For a high-profile principal the main risk is credible impersonation and enrichment of existing exposure.
What You Should Do
- Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.
How ObscureIQ Can Help
- Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
- Exposure mapping: cross-reference the exposed identifiers against broker-available data to size and prioritize the principal's wider footprint.
- ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).
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