In January 2023, 1.4M records from the Autotrader online vehicle marketplace appeared on a popular hacking forum.
The data relates to aged listing data that was generally publicly available on our site at the time and open to automated collection methods.
The data contained 20k unique email addresses alongside physical addresses and phone numbers of dealers and vehicle details including VIN numbers.
Source: https://haveibeenpwned.com/PwnedWebsites#Autotrader
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/autotrader-com
"id": "aut221524123",
"linkid": "autotrader-com",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "01/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Online Vehicle Marketplace',
'name': 'Autotrader',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Automated Collection Methods',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'number_of_records_exposed': '1,400,000',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Email addresses',
'Physical addresses',
'Phone numbers',
'Vehicle details including VIN '
'numbers']},
'date_detected': '2023-01-01',
'description': 'In January 2023, 1.4 million records from the Autotrader '
'online vehicle marketplace appeared on a popular hacking '
'forum. The data relates to aged listing data that was '
'generally publicly available on our site at the time and open '
'to automated collection methods. The data contained 20,000 '
'unique email addresses alongside physical addresses and phone '
'numbers of dealers and vehicle details including VIN numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email addresses',
'Physical addresses',
'Phone numbers',
'Vehicle details including VIN numbers']},
'title': 'Autotrader Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Publicly Available Data'}