Market Moveis data breach

Breach date: 2023-08-30. Added to this index: 2024-09-01. Accounts affected: about 28K. Domain: marketmoveis.pt.

What happened

In August 2023, the Portuguese home decor company Market Moveis suffered a data breach that impacted 28k records. The exposed records were limited to names and email addresses.

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What was exposed

  • Email addresses: The email address you used to register or log in. It is the most common field in breaches because it doubles as your username on most sites.
  • Names: Your first name, surname and sometimes middle name or initials, as you gave them when you signed up. It appears in almost every breach because nearly every account asks for it.

What to do now

  1. Check whether your own address is in this dataset with the free email breach check.
  2. Review the accounts connected to this service and turn on two-factor authentication.
  3. Turn on two-factor authentication on your email account first, because it is the reset path for everything else.
  4. Treat calls and messages that quote real details about you as hostile until you verify them another way.

Frequently asked questions

What data was leaked in the Market Moveis breach?

The Market Moveis breach exposed Email addresses, Names. About 28K accounts were affected.

Was I affected by the Market Moveis breach?

Run the free email breach check with the address you used on that service. It will tell you whether your address appears in this dataset.

What should I do about the Market Moveis breach?

Treat any message that quotes details from this breach as suspicious, turn on two-factor authentication, and consider removing your details from people-search sites if your address or phone was included.

Next steps