Bookchor
Disclosed Jul 3, 20224 years ago498,297 accountsUnverified
In January 2021, the Indian book trading website Bookchor suffered a data breach that exposed half a million customer records . The exposed data included email and IP addresses, names, genders, dates of birth, phone numbers and passwords stored as unsalted MD5 hashes. The data was subsequently traded on a popular hacking forum.
What is known
| People affected | 498,297 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Jul 3, 2022 |
| Happened | Jan 28, 2021 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Dates of birth, Emails, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Phone numbers |
| Sector | Tech |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
Sources
| Source | |
|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwned: Bookchorhaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Jul 3, 2022 | 498,297 |
History of this record
- 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.