Updated on 2022-11-15
Russian scooter-sharing service Whoosh confirmed suffering a data breach after hackers started selling a database containing promotion codes, partial user ID, and payment details of 7.2 million customers. Read more: В Whoosh подтвердили утечку данных клиентов
Overview: Whoosh breach
Hackers have leaked a data trove containing the personal details of more than 7.2 million users of Whoosh, an electric scooter company active across more than 45 Russian cities. Leaked data includes real names, phone numbers, and parts of their payment card number. Read more: Выставлена на продажу база данных пользователей Whoosh
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