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Breach occurred 2026-03-29Verifiedpaidwork.com
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The Paidwork data breach occurred on March 29, 2026. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on July 19, 2026.
23,272,765 accounts were affected by the Paidwork data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The Paidwork breach exposed the following data types: 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.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the Paidwork breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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