Breachesby GlyphGenesis Market
Disclosed Apr 5, 20238,000,000 accountsUnverified
In April 2023, the stolen identity marketplace Genesis Market was shut down by the FBI and a coalition of law enforcement agencies across the globe in "Operation Cookie Monster" . The service traded in "browser fingerprints" which enabled criminals to impersonate victims and access their online services. As many of the impacted accounts did not include email addresses, "8M" is merely an approximation intended to indicate scale. Other personal data compromised by the service included names, addresses and credit card information, although not all individuals had each of these fields exposed.
What is known
| People affected | 8,000,000 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Apr 5, 2023 |
| Happened | Apr 5, 2023 |
| Attack | Not stated |
| Data exposed | Payment cardsDates of birthEmailsNamesPasswordsPhone numbersAddresses |
| Sector | Retail |
| Status | Unverified: not yet confirmed by an official notice, a filing or the organization |
| Check your email | Have I Been Pwned |
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History of this record
First recordedby backfillSource
First seen 2026-09-25 (Have I Been Pwned). Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.