Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Identity verification bypass using name + date of birth combination
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
- Doxxing risk from physical address exposure
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In 2009, Moneybookers, now known as Skrill, experienced a significant data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 4.5 million customers. The exposed data included names, email addresses, home addresses, dates of birth, and IP addresses.,
The breach remained undisclosed until October 2015, when the compromised data surfaced on the dark web. Investigations revealed that the intrusion occurred through a compromised virtual private network (VPN) account, allowing unauthorized access to the company's production database.,
About Money Bookers
Money Bookers is an organization whose data was exposed in this breach. The dataset has been verified by ObscureIQ intelligence and indexed across breach notification platforms.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 3.3M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
Recommended Actions
⚠️ Do not assume this is low sensitivity.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In January 2009, Money Bookers experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 3.3M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as date of birth, email address, full name, ip address, phone number.
Approximately 3.3M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A customer of Money Bookers
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