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Aura: about 900,000 marketing records taken after a vishing attack
About 900,000 records, mostly names and email addresses from a marketing tool from Circle Media Labs (acquired 2021).
- Disclosed
What happened
- About 900,000 records, mostly names and email addresses from a marketing tool from Circle Media Labs (acquired 2021); about 35,000 records also had home addresses and phone numbers. Aura said no financial information, SSNs or passwords were taken.
- Root cause: voice phishing that gave access to an Aura marketing list.
- Attributed to ShinyHunters.
- Disclosed around 19 Mar 2026.
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aura_data_breach
- https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/aura-confirms-data-breach-exposing-900-000-marketing-contacts/
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