PayHere
MEDIUM RISKData breach — March 2022
In late March 2022, the Sri Lankan payment gateway PayHere suffered a data breach that exposed more than 65GB of payment records including over 1.5M unique email addresses. The data also included IP and physical addresses, names, phone numbers, purchase histories and partially obfuscated credit card data (card type, first 6 and last 4 digits plus expiry date). A month later, PayHere published a blog on the incident titled Ensuring Integrity on PayHere Cybersecurity Incident.
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What happened in the PayHere data breach?
In late March 2022, the Sri Lankan payment gateway PayHere suffered a data breach that exposed more than 65GB of payment records including over 1.5M unique email addresses. The data also included IP and physical addresses, names, phone numbers, purchase histories and partially obfuscated credit card data (card type, first 6 and last 4 digits plus expiry date). A month later, PayHere published a blog on the incident titled Ensuring Integrity on PayHere Cybersecurity Incident.
The exposed data included 7 types of personal information. Learn more about what a data breach means for you.
Quick answer — was PayHere hacked?
Yes. PayHere was breached in March 2022. The breach exposed 1,580,249 records including email addresses, ip addresses, names. 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 PayHere breach so dangerous?
The PayHere breach exposed 1,580,249 records — that is 1.6M people whose personal data is now circulating on the dark web. The combination of email addresses, ip addresses, names makes this a medium-risk breach that should be addressed promptly.
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What data was stolen in the PayHere breach?
Email addresses — used for phishing attacks and credential stuffing against your other accounts
IP addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Names — used to build profiles and target you with personalised scams
Partial credit card data — can be used for direct financial fraud and unauthorised transactions
Phone numbers — enables SIM swapping attacks and targeted SMS phishing scams
Physical addresses — combined with other data, used for identity theft and physical fraud
Purchases — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Is the PayHere breach still dangerous in 2026?
Yes. Stolen data from the PayHere 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 2022 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 PayHere 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 PayHere breach
Approximately 1,580,249 user records were exposed in the PayHere breach in March 2022.
Yes. Leaked credentials are actively used in credential stuffing attacks years after a breach. If you reused your PayHere password elsewhere and haven't changed it, those accounts remain at risk today.
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Change your PayHere 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 PayHere breach?
The PayHere data breach affected approximately 1,580,249 users who had accounts with the service. While not the largest breach on record, it still represents a significant number of compromised accounts in our database of 970+ known breaches.
If you ever created an account with PayHere 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 PayHere breach
Change your PayHere password immediately
Go to PayHere 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 PayHere and every important account. Even if your password is known, attackers cannot get in without the second factor.
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