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Breach occurred 2026-01-09Verifiedbetterment.com
What happened
In January 2026, the automated investment platform Betterment confirmed it had suffered a data breach attributed to a social engineering attack. As part of the incident, Betterment customers received fraudulent crypto-related messages promising high returns if funds were sent to an attacker-controlled cryptocurrency wallet. The breach exposed 1.4M unique email addresses, along with names and geographic location data. A subset of records also included dates of birth, phone numbers, and physical addresses. In its disclosure notice, Betterment stated that the incident did not provide attackers with access to customer accounts and did not expose passwords or other login credentials.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Betterment data breach occurred on January 9, 2026. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on February 5, 2026.
1,435,174 accounts were affected by the Betterment data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Betterment breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Device information, Email addresses, Employers, Geographic locations, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Betterment breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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