The Digido Breach Means Someone May Access Your Accounts Now

HEROIC found the Digido database breach dated February 1, 2024, exposing 2,772,440 records including email addresses, full names, birthdates, gender information, and phone numbers from Digido, a Philippine online lending company.

Why the Digido Breach Is Dangerous

Digido is a financial lending platform, meaning attackers now possess the personal identity data of millions of loan applicants. Full names, birthdates, and phone numbers combined with email addresses enable fraudulent loan applications in victims' names, targeted smishing attacks, and social engineering campaigns impersonating Digido to extract additional financial information.

What Was Exposed in the Digido Leak

• Email Address
• First Name
• Last Name
• Birthday
• Gender
• Phone Number

Why This Digido Data Puts You at Risk

Financial platform breaches are particularly severe because the data directly enables identity fraud and fraudulent credit applications. Phone numbers from this breach can be used in smishing attacks impersonating Digido or Philippine financial institutions. Birthdates and full names bypass common identity verification questions, enabling account takeover, unauthorized loan applications, and long-term identity theft.

How Database Breaches Work

Database breaches occur when attackers exploit vulnerabilities in web applications or gain unauthorized access to backend systems, extracting stored user records. The stolen data is then published on dark web forums or sold to other criminals. Unlike stealer logs, database breaches expose everyone registered on a platform at once, regardless of whether they were actively using the service.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

HEROIC operates one of the world's largest breach databases, covering more than 400 billion leaked records. Use HEROIC's free breach scanner to check if your email address or credentials appeared in the Digido leak or thousands of other breaches in our database.