Advance Auto Parts
MEDIUM RISKData breach — June 2024
In June 2024, Advance Auto Parts confirmed they had suffered a data breach which was posted for sale to a popular hacking forum. Linked to unauthorised access to Snowflake cloud services, the breach exposed a large number of records related to both customers and employees. In total, 79M unique email addresses were included in the breach, alongside names, phone numbers, addresses and further data attributes related to company employees.
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What happened in the Advance Auto Parts data breach?
In June 2024, Advance Auto Parts confirmed they had suffered a data breach which was posted for sale to a popular hacking forum. Linked to unauthorised access to Snowflake cloud services, the breach exposed a large number of records related to both customers and employees. In total, 79M unique email addresses were included in the breach, alongside names, phone numbers, addresses and further data attributes related to company employees.
The exposed data included 4 types of personal information. Learn more about what a data breach means for you.
Quick answer — was Advance Auto Parts hacked?
Yes. Advance Auto Parts was breached in June 2024. The breach exposed 79,243,727 records including email addresses, names, phone numbers. This breach has been independently verified. If your email was involved, your data may still be at risk today. Check if you were affected.
Why was the Advance Auto Parts breach so dangerous?
The Advance Auto Parts breach exposed 79,243,727 records — that is 79.2M people whose personal data is now circulating on the dark web. The combination of email addresses, names, phone numbers makes this a medium-risk breach that should be addressed promptly.
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What data was stolen in the Advance Auto Parts breach?
Email addresses — used for phishing attacks and credential stuffing against your other accounts
Names — used to build profiles and target you with personalised scams
Phone numbers — enables SIM swapping attacks and targeted SMS phishing scams
Physical addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Is the Advance Auto Parts breach still dangerous in 2026?
Yes. Stolen data from the Advance Auto Parts breach remains dangerous years after the incident. Research shows that over 65% of stolen credentials from older breaches have never been changed by the account holders. Attackers routinely compile data from multiple breaches to build complete profiles, and credentials from 2024 are still actively used in credential stuffing attacks today.
Personal information like email addresses, phone numbers, and dates of birth never expire. Even if you changed your Advance Auto Parts password, the other exposed data can be combined with information from other breaches to target you. Learn more about how long stolen data stays dangerous.
Frequently asked about the Advance Auto Parts breach
Approximately 79,243,727 user records were exposed in the Advance Auto Parts breach in June 2024.
Yes. Leaked credentials are actively used in credential stuffing attacks years after a breach. If you reused your Advance Auto Parts password elsewhere and haven't changed it, those accounts remain at risk today.
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Change your Advance Auto Parts password immediately, change any other account where you used the same password, enable two-factor authentication on all important accounts, and monitor for phishing emails over the next 90 days.
Who was affected by the Advance Auto Parts breach?
The Advance Auto Parts data breach affected approximately 79,243,727 users who had accounts with the service. With 79.2M records exposed, this is one of the larger breaches tracked in our database of 970+ known breaches.
If you ever created an account with Advance Auto Parts or used their services, your data may have been included in this breach. Check your email now to find out. You can also read our guide on what to do immediately after a data breach.
If your email was in the Advance Auto Parts breach
Change your Advance Auto Parts password immediately
Go to Advance Auto Parts and change your password right now. Use a strong, unique password that you have never used anywhere else.
Change any account sharing that password
If you used the same password on other sites, change it on every one of them. Attackers test stolen credentials on hundreds of popular sites within hours.
Enable two-factor authentication
Turn on 2FA on Advance Auto Parts and every important account. Even if your password is known, attackers cannot get in without the second factor.
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