Data breaches → GLAMIRA
Was your data in the GLAMIRA breach?
2023 · glamira.com · ~874,594 accounts exposedHigh severity · 7/10
GLAMIRA (glamira.com) suffered a data breach in 2023 that exposed around 874,594 accounts. If you had an account, some of your personal data may be circulating in leaked databases. The fastest way to know is to check your own email — free, in about 30 seconds, no password required.
What happened
In late 2023, the online jewellery store GLAMIRA suffered a data breach they attributed to "an unauthorised individual [who] briefly accessed one of our servers". The data was subsequently published on a popular hacking forum and included 875k email addresses, names, phone numbers and purchases.
Breach details sourced from Have I Been Pwned, the industry-standard breach database. Risk analysis by Nullivo.
What was exposed, and why it matters
Not all breaches carry the same risk — what matters is which fields leaked. Here is what the GLAMIRA breach exposed and what each item actually enables:
Enables SIM-swap attacks (hijacking your number to intercept SMS codes), smishing, and voice scams that appear to come from your bank.
Links this leak to your other accounts — a reused username lets anyone build a profile of you across platforms.
Puts you on spam and phishing lists, and confirms to attackers that you hold an account with this service — which makes impersonation emails more believable.
Also listed in this breach: Email addresses, Names, Phone numbers, Purchases.
What to do if you were affected
These steps are ordered for this specific breach — the most urgent action given what leaked comes first.
- Phone numbers: Move two-factor authentication off SMS to an authenticator app or passkey, and add a port-out PIN with your mobile provider.
- Names and usernames: Search your usual username to see what else it exposes, and use distinct handles for sensitive accounts.
- Email addresses: Treat any message referencing this service with suspicion, and never act on links in unexpected emails.
- Check whether your own email appears in this breach — run a free scan to confirm before you spend time on the steps above.
How urgent is this now?
This data has been circulating for around 3 years, which means it has been copied, combined with other leaks and indexed by search tools many times over.
Remember: a breach can't be "un-leaked" — once a database is out, it exists in countless copies. The goal is to make the leaked data useless: change what can be changed, lock down what can't, and remove what has been republished.
Frequently asked questions
What data was exposed in the GLAMIRA breach?
The GLAMIRA breach exposed phone numbers, names and usernames, email addresses. Enables SIM-swap attacks (hijacking your number to intercept SMS codes), smishing, and voice scams that appear to come from your bank.
How many people were affected by the GLAMIRA breach?
Around 874,594 accounts were exposed, making it a mid-sized breach.
What should I do if I had a GLAMIRA account?
Move two-factor authentication off SMS to an authenticator app or passkey, and add a port-out PIN with your mobile provider. You can check whether your own email appears in this breach with a free Nullivo scan — no password required.
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