Avito 2022 Data Breach

Avito 2022 Data Breach

Retail & Commerce / E-commerce

Avito 2022 Data Breach

A commerce service.

Confirmed · ObscureIQ Intelligence
Breach Risk Index i
17/100
Lower riskHigher risk
Lower: limited current risk based on data value and recency.
Data Sensitivity i
Standard
Exposed data is largely lower-sensitivity. Standard identity-protection precautions are advised.
2.7MRecords
2022Year

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.

Classification Tags
Cloud MisconfigurationRetail & CommerceE-commerceUsers2022

Breach Summary

In November 2022, the Moroccan e-commerce service Avito suffered a data breach that exposed the personal information of 2.7M customers. The data included name, email, phone, IP address and geographic location. /// The data breach affecting Avito.ma, which occurred in November 2022, resulted in the exposure of personal information for approximately 2.7 million customers.

Full threat analysis, exploitation vectors, and principal guidance below.

10 additional sections · verified field analysis · defensive doctrine

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2.7M records analyzed

About Avito

Avito is a commerce service.

Why They Hold Your Data

Avito is a commerce service. Services like this typically hold email addresses, names, location data, IP addresses, phone numbers through account registration and normal operations.

Recent Developments

The Avito dataset circulated publicly; treat as part of the standing exposure landscape.

Data Points Exposed

5 verified field types
Email Address
Full Name
Geographic location
IP Address
Phone Number

Breach Impact

The exposure created downstream fraud and phishing risk for those affected and drew scrutiny of Avito's data protection.

Exploitation & Downstream Threats

• SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present | • 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

  1. Guard against SIM-swap and vishing: add a carrier port-out PIN and verify any 'support' calls independently.
  2. Do not use unofficial 'am I affected' lookups; several are themselves harvesting operations.

How ObscureIQ Can Help

  1. Corpus confirmation: determine whether and where the principal (plus household and staff) appear in this dataset and which specific fields are exposed for them.
  2. Exposure mapping and footprint neutralization: cross-reference against broker-available data and suppress still-removable elements, prioritizing address and phone, since this record re-seeds broker networks.
  3. ThreatWatch tuned to this incident's identifiers and misuse pattern (impersonation and targeting patterns, not generic credential monitoring).

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