Oz Hair and Beauty data breach
1,988,331 accounts exposed in a breach on 15 August 2026.
At a glance
1,988,331
Accounts exposed
15 August 2026
Date of the breach
19 August 2026
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What happened
In August 2026, Australian beauty retailer Oz Hair and Beauty was the target of an xpl0itrs extortion attack. The group subsequently published data allegedly obtained from the company, which included 2M unique email addresses along with names, phone numbers, geographic locations (suburb and postcode) and purchases.
What was exposed
- Email addresses. Email addresses were exposed. Expect more spam and phishing aimed at those addresses.
- Geographic locations. General locations were exposed. They add to a profile of you.
- Names. Names were exposed. Scammers use real names to make a message look personal.
- Phone numbers. Phone numbers were exposed. Expect scam calls and text messages, some of them pretending to be the organisation.
- Purchases. Records of what you bought were exposed. Scammers use them to make messages look genuine.
What to do now
It depends on what was exposed, so these steps follow the list above.
If your contact details were exposed
- Expect more spam, scam calls and phishing. Do not click links or open attachments in messages you did not expect.
- If a message mentions this breach, do not reply. Go to the organisation's own website or app instead of using a link in the message.
Whatever was exposed
- Check which other breaches include your own email address and phone number.
- Keep an eye on your accounts for a few months. Breached data is often used long after the breach.
- If you think someone is using your details, report it to the organisation and to your national cyber crime reporting service.
Check your own exposure
- Password leak check: find out whether a password has appeared in a breach. The password never leaves your browser.
- Free domain security scan: grade the email, DNS and website security of a domain you own.
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