Vultr data breach

Breach date: 2022-07-08. Added to this index: 2025-11-20. Accounts affected: about 188K. Domain: vultr.com.

What happened

In March 2023, the "AI-first global cloud platform" Vultr disclosed a security incident at a third-party vendor. Dating back to the previous year, the incident was attributed to the ActiveCampaign email marketing service provider and resulted in the exposure of 188k unique email addresses. A small number of records also included name, IP address and country of origin. No Vultr systems or additional customer data were impacted. Vultr subsequently self-submitted the impacted data to HIBP.

Breach data sourced from Have I Been Pwned, used under CC BY 4.0. Additional breach metadata provided by XposedOrNot. DataExposed is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either.

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.
  • Geographic locations: A general location recorded on your account, such as a country, state, city, postcode or region, either typed in by you or estimated from your IP address.
  • IP addresses: The network addresses your devices used when you signed up, logged in or posted, recorded by almost every website in its access logs.
  • 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 Vultr breach?

The Vultr breach exposed Email addresses, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Names. About 188K accounts were affected.

Was I affected by the Vultr 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 Vultr 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