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Paidwork breach: 23,272,765 accounts exposed

In March 2026, hackers claimed they had obtained data from the gig economy platform Paidwork which they then listed for sale . Almost 11GB of data allegedly obtained from the platform was subsequently posted publicly in July and contained over 23M unique email addresses.

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What happened

In March 2026, hackers claimed they had obtained data from the gig economy platform Paidwork which they then listed for sale . Almost 11GB of data allegedly obtained from the platform was subsequently posted publicly in July and contained over 23M unique email addresses.

The breach also included a broad range of other data relating to the operation of the platform including user profile data, banking information, payout history for workers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.

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    Have I Been Pwned: Paidwork (opens a new tab)

    Verified breach loaded into Have I Been Pwned: account count, exposed data types, and dates.

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, July 19). Paidwork breach: 23,272,765 accounts exposed. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-paidwork

MLA

"Paidwork breach: 23,272,765 accounts exposed." KEVWire, 19 July 2026, kevwire.com/record/hibp-paidwork.

Chicago

KEVWire. "Paidwork breach: 23,272,765 accounts exposed." Last modified July 19, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/hibp-paidwork.

Evidence summary (plain text)

Paidwork breach: 23,272,765 accounts exposed (Jul 19, 2026).
In March 2026, hackers claimed they had obtained data from the gig economy platform Paidwork which they then listed for sale . Almost 11GB of data allegedly obtained from the platform was subsequently posted publicly in July and contained over 23M unique email addresses. The breach also included a broad range of other data relating to the operation of the platform including user profile data, banking information, payout history for workers and passwords stored as bcrypt hashes.
Sources:
Have I Been Pwned: Paidwork: https://haveibeenpwned.com/Breach/Paidwork
Have I Been Pwned breach API: https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v3/breaches
Record ID: hibp-paidwork.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
About this data

This record was ingested from a data source. Retrieved: Oct 27, 2026, 02:25 UTC. Ingestion is not an independent editorial investigation.

Verified by Have I Been Pwned. Breach date: 2026-03-29; loaded 2026-07-19. Exposed data: Bank account numbers, Dates of birth, Device information, Education levels, Email addresses, Financial transactions, Genders, IP addresses, Names, Passwords, Personal interests, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Profile photos. Counts are accounts in the loaded data, not necessarily distinct people.

Technology tags indicate possible relevance, not verified exposure. Confirm the affected product, version, and configuration against your own inventory; KEVWire does not scan your systems.

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