Impact & Downstream Threats
This breach carries high risk due to the nature of exposed data fields and the scale of affected records.
- Financial fraud using exposed financial profile data
- Targeted phishing campaigns using exposed email addresses
Breach Intelligence
Executive Summary
In mid-2022, data alleged to have been sourced from the Russian payment provider PaySystem.tech appeared in hacking circles where it was made publicly available for download. Consisting of 16M rows with 1.4M unique email addresses, the data also included purchases and full credit card numbers and expiry dates. The data could not be independently attributed back to PaySystem.tech and the breach has been flagged as "unverified".
About PaySystem.tech
PaySystem.tech 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 1.4M records identified in breach intelligence sources.
- The data is indexed and searchable across breach notification platforms.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In April 2022, PaySystem.tech experienced a data breach that exposed approximately 1.4M records containing personal information.
The exposed data includes fields such as credit card, email address, transaction history:purchase.
Approximately 1.4M records were affected based on current breach intelligence.
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- A high-profile executive
- A customer of PaySystem.tech
- Or concerned about credential reuse
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