Straffic
MEDIUM RISKData breach — February 2020
In February 2020, Israeli marketing company Straffic exposed a database with 140GB of personal data. The publicly accessible Elasticsearch database contained over 300M rows with 49M unique email addresses. Exposed data also included names, phone numbers, physical addresses and genders. In their breach disclosure message, Straffic stated that "it is impossible to create a totally immune system, and these things can occur".
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What happened in the Straffic data breach?
In February 2020, Israeli marketing company Straffic exposed a database with 140GB of personal data. The publicly accessible Elasticsearch database contained over 300M rows with 49M unique email addresses. Exposed data also included names, phone numbers, physical addresses and genders. In their breach disclosure message, Straffic stated that "it is impossible to create a totally immune system, and these things can occur".
The exposed data included 5 types of personal information. Learn more about what a data breach means for you.
Quick answer — was Straffic hacked?
Yes. Straffic was breached in February 2020. The breach exposed 48,580,249 records including email addresses, genders, 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 Straffic breach so dangerous?
The Straffic breach exposed 48,580,249 records — that is 48.6M people whose personal data is now circulating on the dark web. The combination of email addresses, genders, names makes this a medium-risk breach that should be addressed promptly.
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What data was stolen in the Straffic breach?
Email addresses — used for phishing attacks and credential stuffing against your other accounts
Genders — may be combined with other breach data to build a profile for targeted attacks
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 Straffic breach still dangerous in 2026?
Yes. Stolen data from the Straffic 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 2020 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 Straffic 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 Straffic breach
Approximately 48,580,249 user records were exposed in the Straffic breach in February 2020.
Yes. Leaked credentials are actively used in credential stuffing attacks years after a breach. If you reused your Straffic password elsewhere and haven't changed it, those accounts remain at risk today.
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Change your Straffic 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 Straffic breach?
The Straffic data breach affected approximately 48,580,249 users who had accounts with the service. With 48.6M records exposed, this is one of the larger breaches tracked in our database of 970+ known breaches.
If you ever created an account with Straffic 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 Straffic breach
Change your Straffic password immediately
Go to Straffic 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 Straffic and every important account. Even if your password is known, attackers cannot get in without the second factor.
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