Public Business Data
Disclosed Oct 9, 20232 years ago27,917,714 accountsUnverified
In approximately August 2021, hundreds of gigabytes of business data collated from public sources was obtained and later published to a popular hacking forum . Sourced from a customer of Bureau van Dijk's (BvD) "Orbis" product, the corpus of data released contained hundreds of millions of lines about corporations and individuals, including personal information such as names and dates of birth. The data also included 28M unique email addresses along with physical addresses (presumedly corporate locations), phone numbers and job titles. There was no unauthorised access to BvD's systems, nor did
What is known
| People affected | 27,917,714 (accounts in the leaked data, per Have I Been Pwned) |
|---|---|
| Disclosed | Oct 9, 2023 |
| Happened | Aug 19, 2021 |
| Attack | Hacking |
| Data exposed | Dates of birth, Emails, Employment, Names, Phone numbers, Addresses |
| 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: Public Business Datahaveibeenpwned.com · Aggregator | Aggregator |
Notices filed
| Where | Filed | People |
|---|---|---|
| Have I Been Pwnedaccounts in the data | Oct 9, 2023 | 27,917,714 |
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.