The WePrintBarcodes Breach Contains Exactly 22,569 Name Records

In February 2022, WePrintBarcodes, a U.S.-based custom barcode solutions company, suffered a database breach that exposed the personal data of 22,569 users. The incident, which occured on February 17, 2022, resulted in the exposure of customer names from a direct database extraction. While no passwords or financial data were compromised, the leak of full names still poses real risks for affected individuals.

How Attackers Can Use Names from the WePrintBarcodes Breach

Even without passwords, a list of 22,569 real customer names is a useful tool for bad actors. Threat actors can combine this data with other leaked datasets to build detailed profiles, making phishing emails and social engineering attempts far more convincing and partcularly difficult to detect.

What Was Exposed in the WePrintBarcodes Breach

• First Name
• Last Name

Why This Breach Still Matters

Name-only breaches are often dismissed as low-risk, but they feed a larger data aggregation economy. Cybercriminals routinely combine records from multiple breaches to build rich profiles used in targeted scams, identity fraud, and business email compromise. The 22,569 WePrintBarcodes records are accessable on dark web marketplaces and data broker channels, where they are bought, sold, and combined with other leaked data.

How Database Breaches Work

A database breach occurs when an unauthorized party gains access to a stored collection of records, typically by exploiting a software vulnerability, misconfigured server, or weak access controls. In this type of incident, attackers extract records directly from the backend database, bypassing the application layer entirely. The result is a clean, structured dataset that is easy to sort, search, and weaponize.

Check If Your Data Was Exposed

HEROIC's DarkWatch database contains over 400 billion records from thousands of known breaches, including incidents like WePrintBarcodes. Search your email address now to see if your information has been exposed and take steps to protect yourself before attackers do.