316174 Zadig Voltaire Customer Profiles Leaked Online

HEROIC found 316,174 records from Zadig & Voltaire, the French luxury fashion brand, leaked on November 16, 2023. The exposed data included customer names, email addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, and gender. No passwords were included in this leak, but the richness of the personal profile data is enough to enable convincing phishing campaigns, identity fraud, and targeted scams against hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide.

Why Personal Profile Data from a Fashion Brand Is Still Dangerous

When people think about data breaches, they often focus on passwords. But a dataset containing your full name, email, phone number, and birthday is partcularly useful for attackers because it can be used to impersonate you in ways that feel very credible. Scammers can call or email you using your real name, reference your birthday, and claim to be from a service you trust. This kind of social engineering is harder to detect than a generic phishing attempt. For a brand like Zadig & Voltaire with a global customer base, the exposed data spans multiple countries and languages, giving criminals broad reach.

What Was Exposed

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

Why This Matters

Even without passwords, this data is valuable. Your email and phone number together are enough for account recovery attacks on many platforms, where attackers reset your password using a code recieved by SMS or email. Your birthday is commonly used as a security question answer. Identity theft, financial fraud, and targeted phishing all become significantly easier when attackers have a full personal profile. With over 316,000 records exposed, this breach affects a large number of real customers who shopped in good faith with a trusted brand.

How a Database Breach Works

A database breach occured when attackers find and exploit a weakness in the systems that store customer data. For an e-commerce or retail company like Zadig & Voltaire, this typically means the customer relationship management database or the order management system. Attackers may use SQL injection, compromised admin credentials, or vulnerabilities in third-party software. Once they have accessable data, they copy it and sell it on hacking forums. In this case, data that was leaked in November 2023 was posted publicly on a well-known forum in mid-2024, meaning it circulated privately for months before becoming widely known.

Check If You Are Affected

HEROIC searches over 400 billion breach records, including customer databases from fashion, retail, and luxury brands globally. If your email address was part of the Zadig & Voltaire leak or any other breach, you can find out for free in seconds. Visit heroic.com and run your scan now to understand exactly what personal information of yours is already out there.