Paidwork Data Breach Exposes 23 Million Users’ Banking and Personal Data

A massive data breach has hit Paidwork, a popular gig economy platform, exposing sensitive banking and personal information belonging to more than 23 million users worldwide. The incident, first surfacing in March 2026 when hackers listed the stolen data for sale, escalated significantly in July when nearly 11GB of the compromised dataset was leaked publicly on dark web forums. According to Have I Been Pwned, threat actors initially claimed responsibility for breaching Paidwork’s systems in March 2026, putting the stolen database up for sale. The situation worsened in July when the same dataset containing over 23 million unique email addresses appeared freely available online, as flagged by Dark Web Intelligence on...

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