Bell (2017 breach) data breach
The Bell (2017 breach) breach happened on May 15, 2017 and exposed 2,231,256 accounts. 10 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- bell.ca
- Breach date
- May 15, 2017
- Recorded on
- May 16, 2017
- Accounts exposed
- 2,231,256
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Job titles, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers, Spoken languages, Survey results, Usernames
- Risk score
- 78 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 78 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Phone numbers, Email addresses.
The risk score is a guide to how dangerous a breach is, judged by the kinds of data exposed. The number of accounts is not included.
Breaches from the same period
- DaFont (2017-05-16, 637,340 accounts)
- Zomato (2017-05-17, 16,472,873 accounts)
- Edmodo (2017-05-11, 43,423,561 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Bell (2017 breach) password, and also change it on any other service where you used the same password. You can create a new one with the password generator.
- Turn on two-factor authentication for your login.
- Phone numbers were exposed, so watch out for impersonation by text message or phone call.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of September 4, 2017. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.