Tesco data breach
The Tesco breach happened on February 12, 2014 and exposed 2,239 accounts. 3 kinds of data were exposed.
Overview
- Site
- tesco.com
- Breach date
- February 12, 2014
- Recorded on
- February 13, 2014
- Accounts exposed
- 2,239
- Exposed data
- Email addresses, Passwords, Reward program balances
- Risk score
- 67 out of 100
Risk based on the exposed data
This breach scores 67 out of 100. The score is driven mostly by Passwords, Email addresses, Reward program balances.
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.
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- Forbes (2014-02-15, 1,057,819 accounts)
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- Kickstarter (2014-02-16, 5,176,463 accounts)
What affected users should do
- Change your Tesco 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.
This site organizes publicly available information about data breaches. Data as of July 21, 2020. Breach dates are as originally listed; when only the month is known, the date is recorded as the 1st.