Republic Services Data Breach
Status: Confirmed
Breach Intelligence Summary
Entity: Republic Services · Actor: LAPSUS$ · Source: DataBreach.com / ObscureIQ intelligence
Attack: Data Exfiltration via Under investigation
Timeline: Breach (Oct, 2025) · Reported (Oct, 2025) · Leak (Oct, 2025)
Exposure: 40.9M+ records · Email, Phone Number, Home Address
Status: Confirmed · Risk: Moderate (Phishing / SIM swap)
Summary
The incident is one of several breaches affecting Salesforce in 2025. A group calling itself “Scattered LAPSUS$ Hunters” released a limited sample of the stolen database on October 3 2025. The records have since been indexed and anonymized in our search engine. According to the attackers the full dataset is scheduled for release on October 10 2025.
Data found in hackers’ sample – 🧍 Personal Information
Full name – ✅ Present Email address – ✅ Present Phone number – ✅ Present Mailing address (street city state ZIP country) – ✅ Present Gender – ⛔ Empty Date of birth / age – ⛔ Empty Nationality – ✅ Present (U.S.-based contact)
🏢 , Company / Business Information
Company name – ✅ Present Industry – ✅ Present (“Construction”) Website – ✅ Present Billing address (street city state ZIP country) – ✅ Present Number of employees – ✅ Present Annual revenue – ✅ Present Account / customer status – ✅ Present (“Active”) Customer development stage – ✅ Present (“Won”) Broker or account owner name – ✅ Present, Division / area code – ✅ Present (internal code “A63-Corp Departments”)
🪪 , Identification Data
Internal Salesforce record IDs – ✅ Present (AccountId ContactId UserId) Customer profile / hub ID – ✅ Present RecordTypeId – ✅ Present Customer number – ⛔ Empty External government or personal ID – ⛔ Empty
📧 , Contact Information
Customer email – ✅ Present Customer service email – ✅ Present Work phone and customer service phone – ✅ Present Alternate phone – ⛔ Empty Fax – ⛔ Empty
💬 , Customer Status & Marketing
Lead source – ✅ Present (“Business Card”) Contact status – ✅ Present (“Active”) Preferred contact method – ✅ Present (“Phone”) Marketing opt-out flags – ✅ Present (false / not opted out) Email verification status – ✅ Present (“Invalid”) BriteVerify phone validation – ✅ Present (“Valid”) NAC / Marketing flags – ✅ Present (false)
💳 , Account & Contract Data
Account source – ✅ Present (“Zoominfo”) Revenue / potential revenue fields – ✅ Present (multiple numeric fields) National account flag – ✅ Present (true) Special waste / service flags – ✅ Present (true/false values) Active customer flag – ✅ Present (true) Purchase order required – ✅ Present (false) Approval required – ✅ Present (false) Risk / at-risk status – ✅ Present (“No”) VIP customer flag – ✅ Present (false)
👨💼 , Employee / User Data
Internal employee name – ✅ Present Internal email – ✅ Present Username / alias / community nickname – ✅ Present User role and profile name – ✅ Present (“Sales User”) Department / job title – ⛔ Empty Active / inactive status – ✅ Present (inactive in sample) Time zone and locale – ✅ Present Last login date – ✅ Present (historical) Password expiration – ✅ Present (historic timestamp)
Record creation and modification timestamps – ✅ Present Created by / modified by user IDs – ✅ Present SystemModstamp (sync timestamps) – ✅ Present Photo URLs and user banners – ✅ Present IsDeleted / IsPriorityRecord flags – ✅ Present (false) Owner IDs – ✅ Present Portal and partner flags – ✅ Present (false) Digest frequency email encoding, and locale – ✅ Present
⚖️ , Privacy & Legal Fields
Opt-out flags – ✅ Present (false) Email verification flags – ✅ Present (false / invalid) Refused flag – ✅ Present (false) Divest / deactivation flags – ✅ Present (false) No right-to-delete or explicit consent date fields – ⛔ Empty
About Republic Services
Republic Services is the organization affected by this breach. User data may have been generated through account creation, service usage, or business operations.
If you have interacted with Republic Services in any capacity, your data may be included in this breach.
Threat Actor: LAPSUS$
This breach has been attributed to LAPSUS$. The group is known for data theft campaigns targeting organizations through various intrusion methods.
- Under investigation
Breach Exploitation Status
Moderate
Status
Detected
Possible
Possible
Unknown
Unknown
3–5 years
Phone numbers and addresses change over time but remain valid long enough for sustained exploitation campaigns.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 40.9M+ records has been identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
Impact
This breach carries moderate risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Targeted phishing referencing Republic Services accounts or services
- SIM-swap attempts where phone numbers are present
- Physical mail scams and address-based identity verification fraud
- Data broker enrichment and resale
Recommendations for Impacted Individuals
If you believe your information may be included:
Non-clients may request a breach impact review.
Republic Services account updates
Password reset requests
Verify directly through official channels.
Email compromise is often the first pivot point.
Frequently Asked Questions
In Oct, 2025, Republic Services experienced a data breach that resulted in the exposure of approximately 40.9M+ records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes Email, Phone Number, Home Address.
Approximately 40.9M+ records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
Yes. This breach is treated as confirmed based on data observed in breach intelligence platforms.
Data circulation has been detected across breach-sharing channels. Downstream exploitation risk exists based on the nature of the exposed fields.
Rotate passwords associated with Republic Services, enable multi-factor authentication on email and financial accounts, and monitor for suspicious activity.
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