Real Estate Mogul
What was exposed
Email addressesNamesPhone numbersPhysical addresses
What to do if you were affected
- Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution.
- Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number.
- Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
Details
In September 2016, the real estate investment site Real Estate Mogul had a Mongo DB instance compromised and 5GB of data downloaded by an unauthorised party. The data contained real estate listings including addresses and the names, phone numbers and 308k unique email addresses of the sellers. Real Estate Mogul was advised of the incident in September 2018 and stated that they "found no instance of user account credentials like usernames and passwords nor billing information within this file".
Frequently asked questions
What is the Real Estate Mogul data breach?
In September 2016, the real estate investment site Real Estate Mogul had a Mongo DB instance compromised and 5GB of data downloaded by an unauthorised party. The data contained real estate listings including addresses and the names, phone numbers and 308k...
When did the data breach happen?
This data breach occurred around September 2016.
How many accounts were affected?
Around 307,768 accounts were affected.
What information was exposed?
Exposed data included Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers and Physical addresses.
What should I do if I was affected?
Expect more phishing and spam at this address. Treat messages that reference this company with extra caution. Watch for text-message phishing and SIM-swap attempts on your phone number. Be wary of targeted scams that use your personal details to sound convincing.
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