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Breach occurred 2020-12-12Verifiedcapitaleconomics.com
What happened
In December 2020, the economic research company Capital Economics suffered a data breach that exposed 263k customer records. The exposed data included email and physical addresses, names, phone numbers, job titles and the employer of impacted customers.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Capital Economics data breach occurred on December 12, 2020. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on July 4, 2022.
263,829 accounts were affected by the Capital Economics data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Capital Economics breach exposed the following data types: Email addresses, Employers, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Capital Economics breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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