Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries moderate risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Financial fraud using exposed financial profile data
- SIM swap attacks where phone numbers are present
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In August 2019, the German Mastercard bonus program "Priceless Specials" suffered a data breach. Personal data on almost 90k program members was subsequently extensively circulated online and included names, email and IP addresses, phone numbers and partial credit card data. Following the incident, the program was subsequently suspended.
About Mastercard
Global payments technology company.
Data Points Exposed
Dark Web Verification
Status: Confirmed
- Dataset containing approximately 89K records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In August 2019, Mastercard experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 89K records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as credit card:partial, email address, full name, ip address, phone number.
Approximately 89K records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A public-facing individual
- A high-profile executive
- A customer of Mastercard
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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