Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In the Fractal 2021 breach, an international artificial intelligence and analytics service known as Fractal suffered a significant data compromise on April 30, 2021, with approximately 12,262,912 rows of sensitive data exposed. The breach involved the unauthorized disclosure of crucial personal and professional information—including job company names, job titles, personal names, and phone numbers—with roughly 12.3 million records each for names, job titles, and companies, and about 12.2 million for phone numbers .,
About Fractal
Fractal 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 12.3M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In May 2021, Fractal experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 12.3M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as email address, full name, phone number.
Approximately 12.3M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A high-profile executive
- A customer of Fractal
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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