PaySystem.tech
HIGH RISKData breach — April 2022
In mid-2022, data alleged to have been sourced from the Russian payment provider PaySystem.tech appeared in hacking circles where it was made publicly available for download. Consisting of 16M rows with 1.4M unique email addresses, the data also included purchases and full credit card numbers and expiry dates. The data could not be independently attributed back to PaySystem.tech and the breach has been flagged as "unverified".
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What happened in the PaySystem.tech data breach?
In mid-2022, data alleged to have been sourced from the Russian payment provider PaySystem.tech appeared in hacking circles where it was made publicly available for download. Consisting of 16M rows with 1.4M unique email addresses, the data also included purchases and full credit card numbers and expiry dates. The data could not be independently attributed back to PaySystem.tech and the breach has been flagged as "unverified".
The exposed data included 3 types of personal information. Financial data was included, making this breach especially dangerous for affected users. Learn more about what a data breach means for you.
Quick answer — was PaySystem.tech hacked?
Yes. PaySystem.tech was breached in April 2022. The breach exposed 1,410,764 records including credit cards, email addresses, purchases. If your email was involved, your data may still be at risk today. Check if you were affected.
Why was the PaySystem.tech breach so dangerous?
The PaySystem.tech breach exposed 1,410,764 records — that is 1.4M people whose personal data is now circulating on the dark web. The combination of credit cards, email addresses, purchases makes this a high-risk breach that requires immediate action.
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What data was stolen in the PaySystem.tech breach?
Credit cards — can be used for direct financial fraud and unauthorised transactions
Email addresses — used for phishing attacks and credential stuffing against your other accounts
Purchases — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
Is the PaySystem.tech breach still dangerous in 2026?
Yes. Stolen data from the PaySystem.tech 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 PaySystem.tech 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 PaySystem.tech breach
Approximately 1,410,764 user records were exposed in the PaySystem.tech breach in April 2022.
Yes. Leaked credentials are actively used in credential stuffing attacks years after a breach. If you reused your PaySystem.tech password elsewhere and haven't changed it, those accounts remain at risk today.
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Change your PaySystem.tech 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 PaySystem.tech breach?
The PaySystem.tech data breach affected approximately 1,410,764 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 PaySystem.tech 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 PaySystem.tech breach
Change your PaySystem.tech password immediately
Go to PaySystem.tech 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 PaySystem.tech and every important account. Even if your password is known, attackers cannot get in without the second factor.
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